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Vampyromorpha

[¦vam·pə·rō′mȯr·fə]
(invertebrate zoology)
An order of dibranchiate cephalopod mollusks represented by Vampyroteuthis infernalis, an inhabitant of the deeper waters of tropical and temperate seas.
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0.87 0.05 5.71 <0.01 Tremoctopodidae Tremoctopus violaceus 1.74 0.10 5.72 0.01 Vitreledonellidae Vitreledonella richardi 1.74 0.07 4.26 <0.01 Vampyromorphida Vampyroteuthidae Vampyroteuthis infernalis 6.96 2.42 34.82 2.96 Unidentified cephalopods 33.04 29.57 89.47 33.04 TELEOSTEI Clupeiformes Engraulidae Engraulis ringens 2.61 1.12 42.91 1.52 Gadiformes Macrouridae Coryphaenoides sp.
2 1 3.6-4.6 4.1 (0.7) pacifica Family: Gonatidae Gonatus berryi (juveniles) 3 1 1.8-2.2 2.0 (0.2) Gonatus berryi 1 <1 5.1 Gonatus californiensis 1 <1 5.7 Gonatus onyx (juveniles) 21 10 1.5-3.0 2.1 (0.4) Gonatus onyx 78 38 2.9-4.8 3.8 (0.3) Gonatus pyros 3 1 3.9-4.3 4.1 (0.2) Gonatopsis borealis 11 5 1.1-4.1 2.2 (0.8) (southern form, juveniles) (b) Gonatopsis borealis 25 12 6.1-9.1 8.0 (0.6) (southern form) (b) Family: Histioteuthidae Histioteuthis heteropsis 1 <1 3.1 Family: Octopoteuthidae Octopoteuthis deletron 12 6 5.3-8.2 6.5 (1.1) Order: Vampyromorphida Family: Vampyroteuthidae Vampyroteuthis 6 3 6.5-8 (a) 7.4 (0.6) (a) infernalis (c) Fish Albatrossia pectoralis 5 2 (Giant Grenadier, Fam.
Onykia 6 ingens Kondakovia 1 57 longimana Gonatidae Gonatus 2 24 antarcticus Histioteuthidae Histioteuthis 1 65 heteropsis Brachioteuthidae Brachioteuthis 2 46 picta Ommastrephidae Todarodes 3 240 filippovae Ommastrephes 3 110 bartramii Dosidicus 5 80 gigas Eucleoteuthis 1 140 luminosa Chiroteuthidae Chiroteuthis 1 51 veranii Cranchiidae Cranchia scabra 1 ~40 Leachia 1 83 dislocata Helicocranchia 1 45 pfefferi Vampyromorphida Vampyroteuthidae Vampyroteuthis 1 ~60 infernalis Octopoda Octopodidae Octopus mimus 6 95 Octopus sp.
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