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(rare) A member of the proposed group Vampyropoda (equivalent to the superorder Octopodiformes), comprising vampire squid and octopuses; an octopodiform..
[T]he ultimate question is whether belemnoids and decapods are sister groups, or whether belemnoids and vampyropods are sister groups.
Ancestral vampyropods diverged from the ancestors of squid way back in the Triassic.
Use vampyropod when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vampyropod means (rare) A member of the proposed group Vampyropoda (equivalent to the superorder Octopodiformes), comprising vampire squid and octopuses; an octopodiform..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[T]he ultimate question is whether belemnoids and decapods are sister groups, or whether belemnoids and vampyropods are sister groups.
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