Bathothauma lyromma
Bathothauma lyromma, the lyre cranch squid, is a highly modified species of glass squid from the family Cranchiidae with a distribution which encompasses most of the world's oceans from the tropics to high latitudes.
| Bathothauma lyromma | |
|---|---|
| Bathothauma lyromma paralarva (~65 mm ML) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Superfamily: | Cranchioidea |
| Family: | Cranchiidae |
| Subfamily: | Taoniinae |
| Genus: | Bathothauma Chun, 1906 |
| Species: | B. lyromma |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathothauma lyromma Chun, 1906 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leucocranchia pfefferi Joubin, 1912 | |
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