Large Cranch Squid
Megalocranchia maxima
- Usual depth23–1,190 m
- Water temperature9–29 °C
- Best monthsAugust
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 1 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 23–1,190 m · Deepest record: 5,190 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 9–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Large Cranch Squid
Names in 4 more languages
- Spanish
- Cranquiluria grande
- French
- Encornet-outre grand
- Japanese
- オオホウズキイカ
- Simplified Chinese
- Jù-Xiăo-Tóu-Yóu
Similar species
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).
- 21 open-data records from 1929 to 2013.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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