Long-armed squid | |
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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) |
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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.