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Vampire Squid Prey & Predators<br />

• Diet – copepods, ostracods,<br />

amphipods, isopods; detritus:<br />

remains of gelatinous zooplankton<br />

(salps, larvaceans, medusae jellies)<br />

• Predators - deepwater fish: giant<br />

grenadiers & deep-diving mammals,<br />

whales & sea lions<br />

An ostrocod; image<br />

credit: Anna Syme.<br />

An isopod, Speckled sea<br />

louse from the Belgian<br />

coast, Europe. Image credit:<br />

Hans Hillewaert<br />

An amphipod. Image<br />

credit: Uwe Kils.

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