Chiroteuthis veranii, commonly known as the long-armed squid, is a species of chiroteuthid squid. It grows to a mantle length of Pfeffer, G. 1912. Cephalopods of the Plankton Expedition. Ergebniss der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung 2: 1–815. and a total length of .Akimushkin, I.I. 1965. Cephalopods of the seas of the U.S.S.R.. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Washington, D.C.: 199–223.
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.Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
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.
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External links (Chiroteuthis veranyi lacertosa) (Chiroteuthis veranyi veranyi)