Lepidoteuthis

Lepidoteuthis grimaldii, also known as the Grimaldi scaled squid, is a large squid growing to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in mantle length.^[3] It is 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. The Grimaldi scaled squid was first collected from the stomach contents of a sperm whale.^[4] It is a widely distributed species in tropical and subtropical areas of the North and South Atlantic, the southern Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, where it has been recorded off Japan and in the west Pacific.^[1]

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  Syntype (86 cm ML)
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  Closeup of the mantle scales
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  Gladius

Grimaldi scaled squid
Female (61.7 cm ML, 4.07 kg weight) from the Chatham Rise off New Zealand
Closeup of the overlapping dermal scales of the same specimen
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Oegopsida
Superfamily:	Octopoteuthoidea
Family:	Lepidoteuthidae Pfeffer, 1912
Genus:	Lepidoteuthis Joubin, 1895[2]
Species:	L. grimaldii
Binomial name
Lepidoteuthis grimaldii Joubin, 1895
Synonyms
Enoptroteuthis spinicauda Berry, 1920

See also

• Cephalopod size