Chiroteuthis veranii explained

Chiroteuthis veranii, commonly known as the long-armed squid, is a species of chiroteuthid squid. It grows to a mantle length of 12.5cm (04.9inches)^[1] and a total length of 130cm (50inches).^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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(Chiroteuthis veranyi lacertosa) (Chiroteuthis veranyi veranyi)

Notes and References

1. Pfeffer, G. 1912. Cephalopods of the Plankton Expedition. Ergebniss der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung 2: 1–815.
2. Akimushkin, I.I. 1965. Cephalopods of the seas of the U.S.S.R.. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Washington, D.C.: 199–223.
3. http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
4. cs1 . Harvell . Drew . Drew Harvell . Organisms and Environments, 13. . 1st, hardcover . 978-0-520-28568-2 . 116.