Lepidoteuthis
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Lepidoteuthis grimaldii, also known as the Grimaldi scaled squid, is a large squid growing to Template:Convert in mantle length.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
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- Tree of Life web project: Lepidoteuthis grimaldii
- TONMO.com article: Unique hooks in the male scaled squid Lepidoteuthis grimaldii Joubin, 1895
- ↑ Young, R.E. & M. Vecchione 2009. Lepidoteuthidae Pfeffer 1912. The Tree of Life Web Project.
- ↑ Albert 1er of Monaco. "Notes sur un Cachalot." Bulletin du Muséum d’histoire naturelle 1895, no. 8.
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