Vampyroteuthis Chun 1903 (vampire squids)

Cephalopoda - Vampyromorphida

Parent taxon: Vampyromorpha according to A. J. Rowe et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Actinosepiidae, Kelaenina, Nanaimoteuthis, Vampyronassa, Vampyroteuthidae

Subtaxa: Vampyroteuthis infernalis

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Vampyroteuthis in the database

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