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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]
The genus contains bioluminescent species.[3]
There are three species of Helicocranchia:[1]
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.
The genus contains bioluminescent species.
Helicocranchia is een geslacht van inktvissen uit de familie van de Cranchiidae.
Helicocranchia is een geslacht van inktvissen uit de familie van de Cranchiidae.
