Chiroteuthis veranii

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)^[3] and a total length of 130 cm (51 in).^[4]

Long-armed squid
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Family:	Chiroteuthidae
Genus:	Chiroteuthis
Species:	C. veranii
Binomial name
Chiroteuthis veranii (Férussac, 1835)[2]
Subspecies
C. v. lacertosa Verrill, 1881 C. v. veranii (Férussac, 1835)
Synonyms[2]
Loligopsis veranii Férussac, 1834 Chiroteuthis veranyi (Férussac, 1834) Loligopsis vermicolaris Rüppell, 1844 Loligopsis perlatus Risso, 1854 Chiroteuthis lacertosa Verrill, 1881 Chiroteuthis diaphana (Verrill, 1884) Leptoteuthis diaphana Verrill, 1884

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Chiroteuthis veranyi by Ernst Haeckel