Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Family Cranchiidae > Genus Teuthowenia

Teuthowenia megalops (Prosch, 1849)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Teuthowenia*	Chun, 1910	accepted genus name
*Cranchia (Owenia)*	Prosch, 1849	later homonym
*Cranchia (Owenia)*	Prosch, 1849	synonym

Species group names

*Cranchia (Owenia) megalops*	Prosch, 1849	synonym
*Desmoteuthis tenera*	Verrill, 1881	synonym
*Desmoteuthis thori*	Degner, 1925	synonym
*Leachia hyperborea*	Steenstrup, 1856	synonym
*Taonidium pfefferi*	Massy, 1913	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Atlantic cranch squid

Literature

original description	Prosch V. 1849. Nogle nye Cephalopoder, beskrevne og anatomisk undersögte. Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs skrifter. Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling, (5) 1: 53-72, 1 plate
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Teuthowenia megalops (Prosch, 1849). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139429