Grimalditeuthis
Sign in to saveGrimalditeuthis bonplandi 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. The specific name bonplandi refers to the French scientist Aimé Bonpland.
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- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Chiroteuthidae
- Named after
- Albert I, Prince of Monaco
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- Grimalditeuthis
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- Grimalditeuthis
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Grimalditeuthis bonplandi 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. The specific name bonplandi refers to the French scientist Aimé Bonpland.
The squid was observed alive in the wild for the first time in 2005 in a study.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grimalditeuthis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.