Armed cranch squid | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Family: | Cranchiidae |
Genus: | Galiteuthis |
Species: | G. armata
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Binomial name | |
Galiteuthis armata | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Galiteuthis armata, the armed cranch squid, is a large species of glass squid. It reaches a mantle length of 61 cm (24 in). [3] The species is native to the Atlantic Ocean and has been recorded from Bermuda, [4] Canada, Namibia, [5] and Spain. [6] Armed cranch squids often appear to have bloated bodies, short arms, with thin but muscular mantles. They also contain large buoyancy chambers. [7]
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Armed cranch squid | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Family: | Cranchiidae |
Genus: | Galiteuthis |
Species: | G. armata
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Binomial name | |
Galiteuthis armata | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Galiteuthis armata, the armed cranch squid, is a large species of glass squid. It reaches a mantle length of 61 cm (24 in). [3] The species is native to the Atlantic Ocean and has been recorded from Bermuda, [4] Canada, Namibia, [5] and Spain. [6] Armed cranch squids often appear to have bloated bodies, short arms, with thin but muscular mantles. They also contain large buoyancy chambers. [7]
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