Biology: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.[1]
The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]
Species
There are five named species of Helicocranchia, though only three are considered valid:[3][4]
- Helicocranchia joubini (Voss, 1962) - suggested to be nomen dubium
- Helicocranchia navossae Judkins et al., 2022
- Helicocranchia papillata (Voss, 1960)
- Helicocranchia pfefferi Massy, 1907 - synonyms include H. beebei
References
- ↑ Richard E. Young; Katharina M. Mangold (1922-2003) (2017). "Helicocranchia Massy, 1907". The Tree of Life Web Project. http://tolweb.org/Helicocranchia/19550. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ↑ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedWoRMS - ↑ Judkins, H.; Rose-Mann, L.; Lindgren, A.; Taite, M.; Bush, S.; Vecchione, M. (2022). "A newly discovered Helicocranchia species (Cephalopoda: Cranchiidae: Taoniinae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico". Bulletin of Marine Science 98 (3): 419–430. doi:10.5343/bms.2021.0048. https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/49116/noaa_49116_DS1.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3203428 entry
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