Helicocranchia
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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.[2]
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Helicocranchia | |
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Helicocranchia pfefferi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Family: | Cranchiidae |
Subfamily: | Taoniinae |
Genus: | Helicocranchia Massy, 1907[1] |
Type species | |
Helicocranchia pfefferi Massy, 1907 | |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Ascocranchia Voss, 1962 |
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The genus contains bioluminescent species.[3]