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''Chiroteuthis veranii'', commonly known as the long-armed squid, is a species of chiroteuthid 
squid
A squid (: squid) is a mollusc with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight cephalopod limb, arms, and two tentacles in the orders Myopsida, Oegopsida, and Bathyteuthida (though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also ...
. It grows to a mantle length of and a total length of .
The type specimen
In biology, a type is a particular wikt:en:specimen, specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated. In other words, a type is an example that serves to ancho ...
was collected in the Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ...
by Jean Baptiste Vérany
Chevalier Jean Baptiste Vérany (1800, in Nice – 1865) was a French pharmacist and naturalist who specialised in the study of cephalopods.
In 1846, with Jean-Baptiste Barla (1817–1896), he founded the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice. V� ...
and is deposited at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice
The Natural History Museum of Nice (French: ''Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice'') is a French natural-history museum located in Nice.
Origins
The museum was founded in 1846 by Jean Baptiste Vérany (1800–1865), a French pharmacist an ...
in Nice
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionFrance
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
.
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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(''Chiroteuthis veranyi lacertosa'') (''Chiroteuthis veranyi veranyi'') Chiroteuthidae Cephalopods described in 1835 Marine molluscs of Europe Cephalopods of Europe Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{squid-stub