Chiroteuthis veranii, commonly known as the long-armed squid, is a species of chiroteuthid squid. It grows to a mantle length of 12.5 cm (4.9 in)[3] and a total length of 130 cm (51 in).[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Chiroteuthidae |
| Genus: | Chiroteuthis |
| Species: | C. veranii
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| Chiroteuthis veranii | |
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The type specimen was collected in the Mediterranean Sea by Jean Baptiste Vérany and is deposited at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice in Nice, France.[5]
To wield its exceptionally long arms, this squid species builds up internal fluid pressure by contracting its muscles, which allows it to expel two long tentacles at a high speed in order to catch prey.[6]
References
edit- ^ Barratt, I. & Allcock, L. (2014). "Abralia andamanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T176066A1426277. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T176066A1426277.en.
- ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Chiroteuthis veranii Férussac, 1835". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Pfeffer, G. 1912. Cephalopods of the Plankton Expedition. Ergebniss der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung 2: 1–815.
- ^ Akimushkin, I.I. 1965. Cephalopods of the seas of the U.S.S.R.. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Washington, D.C.: 199–223.
- ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
- ^ Harvell, Drew (May 2016). A Sea of Glass: Searching for the Blaschkas’ Fragile Legacy in an Ocean at Risk. Organisms and Environments, 13. (1st, hardcover ed.). Oakland: University of California Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-520-28568-2. LCCN 2015029740. OL 27209890M. Wikidata Q114635674.
External links
edit- "CephBase: Chiroteuthis veranii". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17. (Chiroteuthis veranyi lacertosa)
- "CephBase: Chiroteuthis veranii". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17. (Chiroteuthis veranyi veranyi)
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