Vampire squid's               diet	Vampire squid's                 habitat
copepods	small caves
prawns	the bathypelagic zone
cnidarians	dark, murky places

 
 

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Mollusca
Class : Cephalopoda
Order : Vampyromorphida
Family: Vampyroteuthidae
Genus : Vampyroteuthis
species : infernalis

The  Vampire Squid is a little known animal that has survived 300,000,000 years. The Vampire Squid really isn't a squid, it was named for its blue eyes and reddish brown  skin. The Vampire Squid's size is a maximum of 28 centimeters (the females are larger than males). The body of the Vampire squid is similar to that of a jellyfish. The Vampire squid is found in the temperate and tropical regions of the ocean. Its body is very light and aerodynamic for escaping predators and capturing prey. Sensory filaments and light producing organs at the arm tips are used to attract/find food and escape predators in the deep sea. The female Vampire squid is larger than the male and discharges the fertilized eggs directly into the water. Mature eggs are fairly large at 3-4 mm in diameter and are found free floating in small masses in deep water.  Vampire Squids are not considered to be threatened or dangerous to humans. The most common mollusk in the bathypelagic zone is the Vampire squid, an animal that can turn itself insidious to use its spiky tentacles to deter predators or capture prey. The tentacles are often thrown over prey like a net from above. The arm tips and the base of the fins also luminate by glowing or flashing, which is usually followed by an escape response. The Vampire squid will also flail its arms to confuse predators by making it difficult to determine the squid's location. The most common mollusk in the bathypelagic zone is the Vampire squid and  can turn itself inside out to use its spiky tentacles to deter predators or capture prey. The  Vampire Squid contains no ink. NOBODY KNOWS THE VAMPIRE SQUID LIFE SPAN!

Bibliography
http://marinebio.org/
http://www.seasky.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/