Patrick Aldrich

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Vampyropoda, which is a weird word. It means “vampire feet,” and no, that doesn’t make any sense. It’s simply the marriage of the two group names Octopoda and Vampyromorpha, conducted by scientists when they realized that octopuses and vampire squid are more closely related to each other than either is to any other cephalopod.
Monarchs of the Sea: The Extraordinary 500-Million-Year History of Cephalopods
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