Grimaldi_Scaled_Squid Grimaldi_Scaled_Squid

Grimaldi Scaled Squid - Definition and Overview
Grimaldi Scaled Squid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Cephalopoda
Subclass:Coleoidea
Order:Teuthida
Suborder:Oegopsina
Family:Lepidoteuthidae
Pfeffer, 1912a
Genus:Lepidoteuthis
Joubin, 1895b
Species:L. grimaldii
Binomial name
Lepidoteuthis grimaldii
(Joubin, 1895b)

Grimaldi Scaled Squid is a squid named after the Grimaldi family, reigning house of Monaco. Prince Albert I of Monaco was an amateur teuthologist who pioneered the study of deep sea squids by collecting the 'precious regurgitations' of Sperm Whales. Grimaldi Scaled Squid was first collected from the stomach contents of a whale.


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