Sandalops melancholicus

Sandal-eyed squid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Cranchiidae
Genus: Sandalops
Chun, 1906
Species:
S. melancholicus
Binomial name
Sandalops melancholicus
Chun, 1906[2]
Synonyms
  • Uranoteuthis bilucifer
    Lu & Clarke, 1974

Sandalops melancholicus, the sandal-eyed squid[3] or melancholy cranch squid,[4] is a small species of glass squid. It is known to reach a mantle length of 11 cm (4.3 in). It is distributed in the tropical and subtropical oceans around the world. It is the only species in the genus Sandalops but some authorities suggest that this may be a species complex rather than a monotypic genus.[4]

  1. ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Sandalops melancholicus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163067A968266. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163067A968266.en. Downloaded on 01 March 2018.
  2. ^ Julian Finn (2016). "Sandalops melancholicus Chun, 1906". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ToL was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b P. Jereb; C.F.E. Roper, eds. (2010). Cephalopods of the World an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Volume 2 Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization Rome. pp. 174–175. ISBN 978-92-5-106720-8.