Vampyroteuthis infernalis

Author
Chun, 1903
Common Names
  • Vampire Squid

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Min Depth
100 meters
Max Depth
3000 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Tropical, Subtropical worldwide
Habitat-Biology
  • bathypelagic (> 1000 m)
References

  • Nesis, K. N. 1975. Cephalopods of the American Mediterranean Sea. English Translations of Selected Publications on Cephalopods. Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 2003, 1(1): 319–358.

  • Nixon, M., and J. Z. Young. 2003. The Brains and Lives of Cephalopods. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. 448 pp.

  • Passarella, K. C. 1990. Oceanic Cephalopod Assemblage in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Masters thesis, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida. 50 pp.

  • Vecchione, M., and C. F. E. Roper. 1991. Cephalopods observed from submersibles in the Western North Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science 49(1–2): 433–445.

  • Voss, G. L. 1956. A review of the cephalopods of the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 6(2): 85–178.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-08-2024.

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