Best Cranchiidae

Rough glass squid of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide; a cranchiid that inflates its mantle cavity with seawater for neutral buoyancy and has a distinctive tuberculate skin.

Teuthowenia megalops is a mesopelagic cranchiid squid of the Atlantic Ocean, named for its notably large eyes, with megalops deriving from the Greek for large-eyed.

Galiteuthis phyllura is a nearly transparent cranchiid glass squid of the North Pacific, using ammonium chloride stored in its large coelom for neutral buoyancy.

Megalocranchia maxima is one of the larger species in the glass squid family Cranchiidae, found in deep mesopelagic waters of tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.

Teuthowenia pellucida is a transparent glass squid of the Southern Ocean, notable for photophores positioned on its eyes and a large ammonium-filled coelom for buoyancy.

Taonius pavo is a deep-sea cranchiid glass squid of temperate and subpolar oceans, distinguished by large eyes and a nearly transparent, gelatinous body.

Leachia pacifica is a small cranchiid glass squid of the Pacific Ocean, notable for its transparent body, large eyes, and mesopelagic open-ocean lifestyle.

Liocranchia reinhardti is a small glass squid of the family Cranchiidae, found widely in tropical and subtropical oceans and known for its transparent body and large eyes.

Leachia cyclura is a cranchiid glass squid found in tropical and subtropical Atlantic waters, characterized by a transparent body and relatively large eyes.

Leachia dislocata is a cranchiid glass squid of the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic, distinguished by its transparent body with characteristically offset internal organs.

Sandalops melancholicus is a cranchiid squid of tropical oceans distinguished by uniquely stalked tubular eyes that rotate to a forward-facing telescopic position.