Class
This squid seems very strange. That would be because the vampire squid isn't a squid at all! It is not an octopus either!
It is its own type (Much like the platypus). Some more information on its classification:
it is in kingdom Animalia, its phylum is Mollusca, its class is Cephalopoda, Its subclass is Coleoidea, Its superorder is Octopodiformes, its order is Vampyromorphyda, its Suborder is Vampyromorphina, its family is Vampyroteuthidae, its genus is Vampyroteuthis, and its species is V. Infernalis. The vampire squid has 8 arms, which mistakenly classified it as an octopus in 1903 by Carl Chun. The vampire squid also relates to octopuses because of its 2 little retractable sensory filamnets used to sense food in water that were also found in ancient octopus. The vampire squid is gelatinous. The vampire squid is the smallest of it's order and can measure up to 6 inches in length as an adult. Females tend to be larger than males. It is also the last surviving member of its order.
It is its own type (Much like the platypus). Some more information on its classification:
it is in kingdom Animalia, its phylum is Mollusca, its class is Cephalopoda, Its subclass is Coleoidea, Its superorder is Octopodiformes, its order is Vampyromorphyda, its Suborder is Vampyromorphina, its family is Vampyroteuthidae, its genus is Vampyroteuthis, and its species is V. Infernalis. The vampire squid has 8 arms, which mistakenly classified it as an octopus in 1903 by Carl Chun. The vampire squid also relates to octopuses because of its 2 little retractable sensory filamnets used to sense food in water that were also found in ancient octopus. The vampire squid is gelatinous. The vampire squid is the smallest of it's order and can measure up to 6 inches in length as an adult. Females tend to be larger than males. It is also the last surviving member of its order.