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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).
Classification
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Oegopsida
Superfamily: Oegopsida – unplaced
Family: Cranchiidae
Subfamily: Taoniinae
Genus: Megalocranchia
Localities for Megalocranchia unplaced
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