Vampire Squid
The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis, lit. "vampire squid from
Hell") is a small, deep-sea cephalopod found throughout the temperate and
tropical oceans of the world. Unique retractile sensory filaments justify
the vampire squid's placement in its own order: Vampyromorphida (formerly
Vampyromorpha), which shares similarities with both squid and octopodes.
As a phylogenetic relict
it is the only known surviving member of its order, first described and
originally classified as an octopus in 1903 by German teuthologist Carl Chun,
but later assigned to a new order together with several extinct taxa.
With the largest eyes (proportionally speaking) of any
animal in the world, this deep sea creature is born to live in the depths. And
no, it doesn’t suck blood, in fact its tentacles barely have suckers at all.
The name actually comes from its intensely red eyes and cloak like webbing.
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