Grimalditeuthis bonplandi

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Grimalditeuthis bonplandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Teuthida
Suborder: Oegopsina
Family: Chiroteuthidae
Genus: Grimalditeuthis
L. Joubin, 1898
Species: G. bonplandi
Binomial name
Grimalditeuthis bonplandi
(Vérany, 1839)

Grimalditeuthis bonplandi is a squid named after the Grimaldi family, reigning house of Monaco. His Serene Highness 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.

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