Richard Pallardy is a freelance science writer based in Chicago. He has written for such publications as National Geographic, Science Magazine, New Scientist, and Discover Magazine.
Scientists in China may have identified a newfound species of vampire squid — only the second known species in the world.
These supposed newfound species were juvenile forms of V. infernalis, which had very different physical characteristics — the squid grows a second set of fins closer to its head as it matures and its original fins disappear."Ten synonymous species that had previously been described showed some morphological differences in their various life stages," study lead author Dajun Qiu, a marine biologist at the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, told Live Science.
By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.Now, in a new study that appeared on May 2 in the preprint journal BioRxiv, researchers have described a second species of vampire squid found in the South China Sea, near Hainan island, China, in 2016, which they named V. pseudoinfernalis. It was found around 2,600 to 3,300 feet below the sea surface, in the so-called twilight zone, where little light from the surface penetrates.
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