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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: Coleoidea
Cohors: Neocoleoidea
SuperOrdo: Decapodiformes
Ordo: Teuthida
SubOrdo: Oegopsina

Familia: Cranchiidae
Subfamilia: Cranchiinae
Genera: Cranchia – LeachiaLiocranchia
Name

Cranchiinae Prosch, 1847: 71

Type Genus: Cranchia Leach, 1817
References

Prosch, V. 1849. Nogle nye Cephalopoder, beskrevne og anatomisk undersögte. Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs skrifter. Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling (5) 1: 53-72. BHL Reference page.

Cranchiinae is a subfamily containing four genera of glass squids.
Species

Genus Cranchia Leach, 1817
Cranchia scabra Leach, 1817
Genus Leachia Lesueur, 1821
Leachia atlantica (Degner, 1925)
Leachia cyclura Lesueur, 1821
Leachia danae (Joubin, 1931)
Leachia dislocata Young, 1972
Leachia ellipsoptera (Adams & Reeve, 1848)
Leachia lemur (Berry, 1920)
Leachia pacifica (Issel, 1908)
Leachia rynchophorus (Rochebrune, 1884)
Genus Liocranchia Pfeffer, 1884
Liocranchia gardineri *
Liocranchia reinhardti
Liocranchia valdiviae

The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are a valid species or a synonym.
References

Julian Finn (2016). "Cranchiinae Prosch, 1847". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

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