Cranchiidae – Taoniinae: Megalocranchia unplaced (‘unplaced cranch-squid’)

Synonym(s):

unplaced
Typical mantle-length 1500 mm. Lives in offshore waters in midwater. Native. Occurs in southeastern Australia (TAS and perhaps other states); also the Southern Ocean. In Tasmanian waters, this species has been recorded as beak(s) recovered from the guts of beached whale(s).