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Chiroteuthis veranyi

Long-armed squid
Chiroteuthis veranyi.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Teuthida
Suborder: Oegopsina
Family: Chiroteuthidae
Genus: Chiroteuthis
Subgenus: Chiroteuthis
Species: C. veranyi
Binomial name
Chiroteuthis veranyi
(Férussac, 1835)
Subspecies
  • C. v. lacertosa
    Verrill, 1881
  • C. v. veranyi
    (Férussac, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Chiroteuthis veranii
    (Férussac, 1835)
  • Chiroteuthis lacertosa
    Verrill, 1881
  • Chiroteuthis diaphana
    (Verrill, 1884)

Chiroteuthis veranyi, commonly known as the long-armed squid, is a species of chiroteuthid squid. It grows to a mantle length of 12.5 cm and a total length of 130 cm.

The type specimen was collected in the Mediterranean Sea by Jean Baptiste Vérany and is deposited at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Musée Barla) in Nice, France.


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