Vampyroteuthis infernalis - vampire squid
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Vampyroteuthis infernalis - vampire squid
A young Vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) surprised the research crew as we started to ascend from Sur Ridge in December 2013. Like many deep-sea cephalopds, vampire squid lack ink sacks. Instead of ink for defense, a sticky cloud of bioluminescent mucus is expelled from the arm tips.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Cephalopoda (cephalopods)
- Coleoidea (coleoids)
- Octopodiformes
- Vampyromorpha (Vampyromorphida)
- Vampyroteuthidae
- Vampyroteuthis
- Neocoleoidea
- Vampyroteuthis infernalis (Vampire squid)
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- Campbell, Dana
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