Vampire Squid ~ MarineBio Conservation Society | 水產百科網

Vampiresquids,whicharenottechnicallytruesquids,arenamedfortheirblueeyes,reddish-brownskinandwebbingbetweentheirarms.Theyaresmall ...

Vampire squid, Vampyroteuthis infernalis (Chun, 1903) – which translates to “vampire squid from Hell”, are the only known members of the Order Vampyromorphida, the seventh order in the Class Cephalopoda[1] and they combine features from both octopodiformes (octopuses)[2] and decapodiformes (squid, cuttlefishes, etc.)[3] suggesting it may represent an ancestral line between the two groups (Robison et al., 2003). Vampire squids, which are not technically true squids[4], are named for their blue eyes, reddish-brown skin and webbing between their arms. They are small “squids” reaching maximum lengths of 28 cm (with mantle[5] lengths of typically 7.9-12.1[6] cm (Robison et al., 2003)). Like true squids, there is sexual dimorphism[7] in size: females are larger than males. Vampyroteuthis infernalis has eight long arms and two filame...