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The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis, lit. 'vampire squid from hell') is a small cephalopod found throughout temperate and tropical oceans in extreme deep sea conditions. The vampire squid uses its bioluminescent organs and its unique oxygen metabolism to thrive in the parts of the ocean with the lowest concentrations of oxygen. It has two long retractile filaments, located between the first two pairs of arms on its dorsal side, which distinguish it from both octopuses and squids, and places it in its own order, Vampyromorphida, although its closest relatives are octopods. As a phylogenetic relict, it is the only known surviving member of its order.The first specimens were collected on the Valdivia Expedition and were originally described as an octopus in 1903 by German teuthologist Carl Chun, but later assigned to a new order together with several extinct taxa.
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| Song | Album | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Algae Season | Unknown Album | 3:49 |
| Alliance Proposal to the Squids from Saturn | Unknown Album | 3:54 |
| Barracuda Triangle | Unknown Album | 5:27 |
| Battle of the Beta (Becoming the Alpha) | Unknown Album | 5:11 |
| Big Fang Theory | Unknown Album | 3:38 |
| Black Ink Hole | Unknown Album | 3:18 |
| C.C.C.C.C.C.C. | Unknown Album | 5:58 |
| Cosmic Seapage | Unknown Album | 2:51 |
| Deathstar Fish | Unknown Album | 4:05 |
| Don't Tap on the Glass | Unknown Album | 5:16 |
| Edge of the Gooeyverse | Unknown Album | 4:35 |
| Emerging Hope I: Bioluminescent Skies | Unknown Album | 4:34 |
| Emerging Hope II: Cuttle Telescope | Unknown Album | 5:15 |
| Free Floating (Lost in the OMZ) | Unknown Album | 3:33 |
| Grudge Harbor | Unknown Album | 5:37 |
| Into the Goo | Unknown Album | 5:58 |
| Lurking Mystic | Unknown Album | 4:57 |
| Mr. Squidworm | Unknown Album | 5:21 |
| Nautilus World | Unknown Album | 4:08 |
| Reinventing the Eel | Unknown Album | 3:25 |
| Silence of the Clams | Unknown Album | 4:55 |
| Stabbing the Stratosphere | Unknown Album | 3:46 |
| They Breed Us | Unknown Album | 2:57 |
| Wharf Heir | Unknown Album | 4:14 |
| Wormholes Collide | Unknown Album | 3:45 |
| Xenocephalopod | Unknown Album | 3:21 |
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