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This NOAA Ocean Exploration Expedition took the ROVs Deep Discoverer and Seirios on a series of progressively deeper dives with increasingly complex topography to test Deep Discoverer's brand new ROV control system, thruster motors, motor controls, and hydraulic system, as well as the new science and navigation instruments installed in Deep Discoverer during the off-season.
On Sept. 7, 2021, this image of the Veranys long-arm squid was captured.
The full photo gallery can be found at oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multimedia/daily-image/welcome.html.
Commonly found in the stomach contents of the squid of several species of bony fish, sharks, mammals, and seabirds.
Little is known about the biology; paralarvae and juveniles of Chiroteuthis veranii are epipelagic to mesopelagic and widely distributed in the water column.
They may be gregarious, as numerous specimens are often caught together in deep-sea nets, a feature that is uncommon among deep-sea squid in general.
Members of the class Cephalopoda are gonochoric, males and females usually dying shortly after spawning or breeding.
During courtship behavior, males exhibit various behaviors to attract potential females for copulation. During copulation, the male grasps the female and inserts the hectocotylus into the female's mantle cavity, where fertilization usually occurs.
The embryos hatch in the planktonic stage and live for some time before growing larger and assuming a benthic existence as adults.
Known subspecies:
Chiroteuthis veranii lacertosa A. E. Verrill, 1881
Subspecies Chiroteuthis veranii veranii (Férussac, 1835).
Synonyms:
Chiroteuthis diaphana (Verrill, 1884).
Chiroteuthis lacertosa Verrill, 1881
Chiroteuthis veranyi (Férussac, 1834)
Leptoteuthis diaphana Verrill, 1884
Loligopsis perlatus Risso, 1854
Loligopsis veranii Férussac, 1834
Loligopsis vermicolaris Rüppell, 1844
On Sept. 7, 2021, this image of the Veranys long-arm squid was captured.
The full photo gallery can be found at oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multimedia/daily-image/welcome.html.
Commonly found in the stomach contents of the squid of several species of bony fish, sharks, mammals, and seabirds.
Little is known about the biology; paralarvae and juveniles of Chiroteuthis veranii are epipelagic to mesopelagic and widely distributed in the water column.
They may be gregarious, as numerous specimens are often caught together in deep-sea nets, a feature that is uncommon among deep-sea squid in general.
Members of the class Cephalopoda are gonochoric, males and females usually dying shortly after spawning or breeding.
During courtship behavior, males exhibit various behaviors to attract potential females for copulation. During copulation, the male grasps the female and inserts the hectocotylus into the female's mantle cavity, where fertilization usually occurs.
The embryos hatch in the planktonic stage and live for some time before growing larger and assuming a benthic existence as adults.
Known subspecies:
Chiroteuthis veranii lacertosa A. E. Verrill, 1881
Subspecies Chiroteuthis veranii veranii (Férussac, 1835).
Synonyms:
Chiroteuthis diaphana (Verrill, 1884).
Chiroteuthis lacertosa Verrill, 1881
Chiroteuthis veranyi (Férussac, 1834)
Leptoteuthis diaphana Verrill, 1884
Loligopsis perlatus Risso, 1854
Loligopsis veranii Férussac, 1834
Loligopsis vermicolaris Rüppell, 1844
