Group

Deep-sea cephalopods

33 species to discover, each with a sourced fact sheet: depth, size, diet and key facts.

33 species

Jewel squidHistioteuthis sp. Vampire squidVampyroteuthis infernalis Giant squidArchiteuthis dux Dumbo octopusGrimpoteuthis sp. Colossal squidMesonychoteuthis hamiltoni Humboldt squidDosidicus gigas Chambered nautilusNautilus pompilius Firefly squidWatasenia scintillans Glass squidFamily Cranchiidae Glass octopusVitreledonella richardi Dana octopus squidTaningia danae Glowing-arm squidOctopoteuthis deletron Ram’s horn squidSpirula spirula Black-eyed squidGonatus onyx Bigfin squidMagnapinna sp. Glowing sucker octopusStauroteuthis syrtensis Blind octopusCirrothauma murrayi Brooding octopusGraneledone boreopacifica Boreoatlantic armhook squidGonatus fabricii Umbrella octopusCirroteuthis muelleri Glacial squidPsychroteuthis glacialis Giant Antarctic octopusMegaleledone setebos Giant Pacific octopusEnteroctopus dofleini Casper ghost octopusUndescribed incirrate octopus Grimaldi scaled squidLepidoteuthis grimaldii Purpleback flying squidSthenoteuthis oualaniensis Spoonarm octopusBathypolypus arcticus Warty bobtail squidRossia palpebrosa Giant warty squidMoroteuthopsis longimana (formerly Kondakovia longimana) Turquet’s octopusPareledone turqueti Vent octopusVulcanoctopus hydrothermalis Swordtail squidChiroteuthis calyx Odd bobtail squidHeteroteuthis dispar