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Vampyroteuthis infernalis or the Vampire Squid

Their name literally means “vampire squid of hell”. Despite its name, it’s not quite a squid, but it’s a distant relation of both the squid and octopi. It’s in its own category. Since they live in the Mesopelagic zone, they’re difficult to study, so we really don’t know too much about them!