Tumblr (3.0; @marovame)http://marovame.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7sll5D5ti1qm8fzgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7sll5D5ti1qm8fzgo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7sll5D5ti1qm8fzgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://earth-song.tumblr.com/post/28088935836/the-vampire-squid-vampyroteuthis-infernalis-lit">earth-song</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>The </span><strong>vampire squid</strong><span> (</span><em>Vampyroteuthis infernalis</em><span>, lit. “</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire" title="Vampire">vampire</a><span> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid" title="Squid">squid</a><span> from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell" title="Hell">Hell</a><span>”) is a small, deep-sea </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod" title="Cephalopod">cephalopod</a><span> found throughout the temperate and tropical oceans of the world. Unique retractile sensory filaments justify the vampire squid’s placement in its own </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_(biology)" title="Order (biology)">order</a><span>:</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampyromorphida" title="Vampyromorphida">Vampyromorphida</a><span> (formerly Vampyromorpha), which shares similarities with both squid and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus" title="Octopus">octopuses</a><span>. As a </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylogeny" title="Phylogeny">phylogenetic</a><span> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relict" title="Relict">relict</a><span> it is the only known surviving member of its order, first described and originally classified as an octopus in 1903 by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a><span> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod" title="Cephalopod">teuthologist</a><span> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Chun" title="Carl Chun">Carl Chun</a><span>, but later assigned to a new order together with several extinct </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxon" title="Taxon">taxa</a><span>… <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_squid">[more]</a></span></p> </blockquote>http://marovame.tumblr.com/post/28162453789http://marovame.tumblr.com/post/28162453789Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:41:27 -0400