Reinhardt's cranch squid
Liocranchia reinhardtii
- Usual depth65–2,013 m
- Water temperature18–30 °C
- Best monthsMay
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 11 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 21 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 6 records
- October: 7 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 12 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 65–2,013 m · Deepest record: 5,075 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Reinhardt's cranch squid, Reinhardt’s cranch squid
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- Cranquiluria de Reinhardt
- French
- Encornet-outre de Reinhardt
- Japanese
- ホウズキイカ
- Simplified Chinese
- Léì-Yīn-Shì-Făng-Chuí-Yóu
Other scientific names: Fusocranchia alpha, Leachia reinhardtii, Liocranchia brockii, Liocranchia elongata, Liocranchia intermedia, Liocranchia reinhardti
Similar species
- Valdivia Cranch Squid
Liocranchia valdiviae
Cockatoo squidCranchia scabra
Pacific Leach's cranch squidLeachia pacifica
Colossal squidMesonychoteuthis hamiltoni
- Deepsea squid
Bathothauma lyromma
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 299 open-data records from 1971 to 2022.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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