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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CRANCHIIDAE: TAONIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Cranchiidae (Family)
> Taoniinae (Subfamily)
> Teuthowenia (Genus)
> pellucida (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anomalocranchia Robson, 1924
=Cranchia (Owenia) Prosch, 1849
=Owenia Prosch, 1849
=Verrilliteuthis Berry, 1916
Synonymised Names:
=Anomalocranchia impennis Robson, 1924
=Desmoteuthis pellucida Chun, 1910
=Megalocranchia megalops australis G. Voss, 1967
=Megalocranchia richardsoni Dell, 1959
=Megalocranchia pardus Berry, 1916
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CRANCHIIDAE: TAONIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Cranchiidae (Family)
> Taoniinae (Subfamily)
> Teuthowenia (Genus)
> pellucida (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anomalocranchia Robson, 1924
=Cranchia (Owenia) Prosch, 1849
=Owenia Prosch, 1849
=Verrilliteuthis Berry, 1916
Synonymised Names:
=Anomalocranchia impennis Robson, 1924
=Desmoteuthis pellucida Chun, 1910
=Megalocranchia megalops australis G. Voss, 1967
=Megalocranchia richardsoni Dell, 1959
=Megalocranchia pardus Berry, 1916
Details: Teuthowenia pellucida (Chun, 1910)
Distribution:
North Island. White Island Trench and south of Cape Palliser. Widespread, southern hemisphere
Geographical Range:
KACFMAn
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Voss, N.A. 1985 Systematics, biology and biogeography of the cranchiid cephalopod genus Teuthowenia (Oegopsida), Bulletin of Marine Science, 36(1) (p.41)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.443)
  • Imber, M.J. Sep/1978 The squid families Cranchiidae and Gonatidae (Cephalopoda: Teuthoidea) in the New Zealand region, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 5(3) (p.471)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil