Leachia

Leachia
	Leachia cyclura
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Family:	Cranchiidae
Subfamily:	Cranchiinae
Genus:	Leachia; Lesueur, 1821
Type species
	Leachia cyclura; Lesueur, 1821
Species
	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);
Synonyms
	Drechselia Joubin, 1931; Dyctydiopsis Rochebrune, 1884; Perothis Rathke, 1835; Pyrgopsis Rochebrune, 1884;

Leachia is a genus containing eight species of glass squids. The genus was formerly divided into two subgenera: Leachia and Pyrgopsis, but is no longer.

Members of this genus live in tropical and sub-tropical waters worldwide.

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