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Helicocranchia
Sign in to saveHelicocranchia is a genus of small glass squids from the family Cranchiidae, known as piglet squid. They are characterized by possessing a very large funnel and in having a pair of small paddle-like fins which are attached to a part of the gladius which sits above the muscular mantle. These squid undergo a slow descent starting near the surface as paralarvae moving down to lower mesopelagic depths as near-adults.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassCephalopoda
- OrderOegopsida
- FamilyCranchiidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 153
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Cranchiidae
- Collections
- USNM, NMV, TCWC
- Recorded in
- United States, Bermuda, Ecuador, Madeira Islands, Kiribati, Australia, Peru
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Helicocranchia is a genus of small glass squids from the family Cranchiidae, known as piglet squid. They are characterized by possessing a very large funnel and in having a pair of small paddle-like fins which are attached to a part of the gladius which sits above the muscular mantle. These squid undergo a slow descent starting near the surface as paralarvae moving down to lower mesopelagic depths as near-adults.
The genus contains bioluminescent species.
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