CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-NEW VAMPIRE SQUID SPECIES (CN)

(240711) -- BEIJING, July 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Sept. 13, 2016 shows the specimen similar to Vampyroteuthis infernalis collected in September 2016 at depths between 800 and 1,000 meters in the South China Sea. Chinese scientists have identified a new species of vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis), only the second known vampire squid species in the world. TO GO WITH "Chinese researchers find new vampire squid species" (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM