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Chiroteuthis imperator

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Chiroteuthis imperator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Chiroteuthidae
Genus: Chiroteuthis
Species:
C. imperator
Binomial name
Chiroteuthis imperator
Chun, 1908[1]

Chiroteuthis imperator, or the emperor squid is a species of chiroteuthid squid. It lives off the coast of Sumatra in the Indo-Pacific Ocean..[2] It grows to a mantle length of 30 cm, and has incredibly long arms which give it a total length of probably 1,6m.[citation needed].

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