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Vampire squid

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Description: In life this is a bright orange-red squid with large dark eyes.

Natural History: Until the 1990s this species was a total enigma t zoologists. It was finally observed and videotaped by ROVERs from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

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Taxonomy & Relationships: Still poorly known, but it is conceded that vampire squids represent a bridge species between octopuses and squids.

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Literature:

Nesis, Kir. 1982. Cephalopods of the World. TFH Publications.