Liocranchia reinhardti

Liocranchia reinhardti is a deep sea squid.

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Cephalopoda

Order:Oegopsida

Family:Cranchiidae

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Liocranchia reinhardti
Drawing by A. Pollock from Report on the Cephalopoda collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Family:	Cranchiidae
Genus:	Liocranchia
Species:	L. reinhardti
Binomial name
Liocranchia reinhardti (Steenstrup, 1856)[2]
Synonyms
Fusocranchia alpha Joubin, 1920 Leachia reinhardti Steenstrup, 1856 Liocranchia brockii Pfeffer, 1884 Liocranchia elongata Issel, 1908 Liocranchia intermedia Robson, 1924

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It grows to 150 millimetres (6 inches) long and lives up to 1,000 metres (3,300 feet; 500 fathoms) deep. It is found worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters.