Drechselia danae

Drechselia danae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Teuthida
Suborder: Oegopsina
Family: Cranchiidae
Subfamily: Cranchiinae
Genus: Drechselia
Joubin, 1931
Species: D. danae
Binomial name
Drechselia danae
Joubin, 1931

Drechselia danae is a species of glass squid first described in 1931[1] in the Eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.[2] It has since also been observed off the Mexican Pacific coast.[3]

References

  1. Lamprell, K. L.; Scheltema, A. M. (2001). Zoological Catalogue of Australia: 2. Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. Csiro Publishing. p. 237. ISBN 0-643-06707-8.
  2. Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 30, Issues 1-2 p. 371
  3. New records of Drechselia danae (Joubin, 1931)(Cephalopoda: Cranchiidae) off the Pacific coast of Mexico, Saldierna Martínez et al., CICIMAR Oceánides, 2010

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