Its Latin name literally translates as 'vampire squid from hell'. It looks a bit creepy but that's not all it is a interesting animal. want to learn about it? It is a small, deep-sea cephalopod found throughout the temperate and tropical oceans of the world. 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. As a phylogenetic relict it is the only known surviving member of its order, first described and originally classified as an octopus. The vampire squid reaches a maximum total length of around 30 cm.). Its 15-cm gelatinous body varies in color between velvety jet-black and pale reddish, depending on location and lighting conditions. A webbing of skin connects its eight arms, each lined with rows of fleshy spines or cirri; the inside of this "cloak" is black. Only the distal half (farthest from the body) of the arms have suckers. Its limpid, globular eyes, which appear red or blue, depending on lighting, are proportionately the largest in the animal kingdom at 2.5 cm in diameter. The animal's dark color, cloak-like webbing, and red eyes are what gave the vampire squid its name. look at the pictures the first one the fossil shows that it is very old species but it is not extinct. you can see the picture in the top right it is how it looks from underneath. The last picture is from the side. they look very cool to me. 
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