Long-armed squid | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Family: | Chiroteuthidae |
Genus: | Chiroteuthis |
Species: | C. veranii |
Binomial name | |
Chiroteuthis veranii (Férussac, 1835) | |
Subspecies | |
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Synonyms | |
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) and a total length of 130 cm (51 in).
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.
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.
References
- 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.
- ^ 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
- "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)
Taxon identifiers | |
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Chiroteuthis veranii | |
Chiroteuthis veranyi |
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