Chiroteuthis veranyi
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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
.
(Chiroteuthis veranyi veranyi)
Chiroteuthidae
Chiroteuthids are deep-sea squid of the family Chiroteuthidae. They are generally small to medium in size, rather soft and gelatinous, and slow moving. They are found in most temperate and tropical oceans, but are known primarily from the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Indo-Pacific...
squid
Squid
Squid are cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, a mantle, and arms. Squid, like cuttlefish, have eight arms arranged in pairs and two, usually longer, tentacles...
. It grows to a mantle
Mantle (mollusc)
The mantle is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.In many, but by no means all, species of molluscs, the epidermis of the mantle secretes...
length of 12.5 cm and a total length of 130 cm.
The type specimen was collected in the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
by Jean Baptiste Vérany
Jean Baptiste Vérany
Chevalier Jean Baptiste Vérany was a French pharmacist and naturalist who specialised in the study of cephalopods.In 1846, with Jean-Baptiste Barla , he founded the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice. Vérany discovered and described many species...
and is deposited at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Musée Barla) in Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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(Chiroteuthis veranyi lacertosa)(Chiroteuthis veranyi veranyi)