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This beautiful jewel squid Pyroteuthis margaritifera (Rüppell, 1844) is a cephalopod in the phylum Mollusca. Molluscs all have shells, but the remnant shell of a squid (its pen) is internal in most cases so you can’t see it here. This animal was found on Healey Seamount on the Kermadec Ridge at 1150 m deep. [Rob Stewart, NIWA, Ocean Survey 20/20 - NZASMS]