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Sandalops melancholicus Chun, 1906
Melancholy cranch squid| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Cephalopoda | Oegopsida | Cranchiidae | Taoniinae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 0 - 2000 m (Ref. 97142). Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Circumglobal. Tropical and subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.0 cm ML male/unsexed; (Ref. 97142)
Known from mid-waters of open oceans (Ref. 843). Occurs in epipelagic, mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones, following the general cranchiid pattern of ontogenetic descent. By full growth, animals have descended into the bathypelagic zone beyond 2,000 m depth, where maturation and mating occur. No evidence currently exists for diel vertical migration (Ref. 97142).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Cephalopoda are gonochoric. Male and female adults usually die shortly after spawning and brooding, respectively. Mating behavior: Males perform various displays to attract potential females for copulation. During copulation, male grasp the female and inserts the hectocotylus into the female's mantle cavity where fertilization usually occurs. Life cycle: Embryos hatch into planktonic stage and live for some time before they grow larger and take up a benthic existence as adults.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams. 1998. (Ref. 1667)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 02 May 2010
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
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Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 5 - 14.4, mean 8.8 (based on 1867 cells).