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Leachia
Sign in to saveLeachia is a genus containing eight species of glass squids. The genus was formerly divided into two subgenera: Leachia and Pyrgopsis, but is no longer.
Species
Henderson's triteleia
Genus
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassCephalopoda
- OrderOegopsida
- FamilyCranchiidae
Habitatmarine
Observations586
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 339
- Family
- Cranchiidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Kiribati
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Cranchiinae
- Image
- FMIB 53381 Leachia cyclura, d'apres Joubin, partie anterieure avec les yeux et leurs organes lumineux.jpeg
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Leachia is a genus containing eight species of glass squids. The genus was formerly divided into two subgenera: Leachia and Pyrgopsis, but is no longer.
Members of this genus live in tropical and sub-tropical waters worldwide.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leachia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.