In some squids, those suckers develop into hooks, but theyre not like the hooks that are in the belemnoids. They probably function very similarly --theyre used to grab hold of soft things that you cant grab hold of with a sucker.

Michael Vecchione

The deep sea is so poorly known that finding new or unexpected things happens fairly often, what is unusual is the opportunity to explore this deep.

Michael Vecchione

This animal was particularly unusual because it lacked the pigment cells, called chromatophores, typical of most cephalopods, and it did not seem very muscular.

Michael Vecchione