Galapagos Species Database
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Vampyroteuthis infernalis
Calamar vampiro, Vampire squid
Note: Female Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on a vampire squid Vampyroteuthis infernalis) at Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands; the presence of cephalopods in their diet has not yet been confirmed. It has been argued that Green Sea Turtles could feed opportunistically on dead or injured squids, but it would be very difficult for a turtle to chase down and hunt these fast-moving animals
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Cephalopoda
Order
Vampyromorpha
Family
Vampyroteuthidae
Genus
Vampyroteuthis
Species
infernalis
Taxon category: Accepted
Observation:1000 h on 15 May 2019 at the northernmost island of the GMR, Darwin Island at 1.6787°N, 92.0041°W; -WGS 84- (Arnés-Urgellés et al., 2022).
Origin: Native
- Arnés-Urgellés, C. Ellenbogen, K. & Salinas de León, P. (2022) TESTUDINES —TURTLES. CHELONIA MYDAS (Green Sea Turtle). DIET. Herpetological Review 53(1)
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Vampyroteuthis infernalis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20542. Accessed 2 November 2026.