Grimaldi Scaled Squid

Taxobox
name = Grimaldi Scaled Squid
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Coleoidea
ordo = Teuthida
subordo = Oegopsina
familia = Lepidoteuthidae
familia_authority = Pfeffer, 1912
genus = "Lepidoteuthis"
genus_authority = Joubin, 1895
species = "L. grimaldii"
binomial = "Lepidoteuthis grimaldii"
binomial_authority = Joubin, 1895

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.

External links

* [http://www.tolweb.org/Lepidoteuthis_grimaldii Tree of Life web project: "Lepidoteuthis grimaldii"]
* [http://www.tonmo.com/science/public/lepidoteuthis.php TONMO.com article: Unique hooks in the male scaled squid "Lepidoteuthis grimaldii" Joubin, 1895]