| Leachia | |
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| Leachia cyclura | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Cranchiidae |
| Subfamily: | Cranchiinae |
| Genus: | Leachia Lesueur, 1821 |
| Type species | |
| Leachia cyclura Lesueur, 1821[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Leachia is a genus containing eight species of glass squids. The genus was formerly divided into two subgenera: Leachia and Pyrgopsis, but is no longer.[1]
Members of this genus live in tropical and sub-tropical waters worldwide.
- ^ a b c Julian Finn (2016). "Leachia Lesueur, 1821". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 26 February 2018.