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Bathothauma lyromma Chun, 1906 Lyre cranch squid |
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| Family: | Cranchiidae (cranch squids), subfamily: Taoniinae | |||
| Max. size: | 20 cm ML (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | pelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 2000 m | |||
| Distribution: | Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. | |||
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| Biology: | Extremely broadly distributed in all oceans in tropical and subtropical zones; in the Atlantic known from 35° to 45°N to 35° to 40°S. Vertical range extends from subsurface epipelagic depths as paralarvae and undergoes very clear ontogenetic descent through the mesopelagic zone and into the bathypelagic waters to in excess of 2 000 m (Ref. 97142). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | (LC); Date assessed: 29 April 2010 Ref. 123251) | |||
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