Grimalditeuthis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Chiroteuthidae |
| Genus: | Grimalditeuthis L. Joubin, 1898[2] |
| Species: | G. bonplandi
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| Grimalditeuthis bonplandi (Vérany, 1839)
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Loligopsis bonplandi Vérany, 1836 Grimalditeuthis richardi Joubin, 1898
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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.[3]
Grimalditeuthis bonplandi is a bioluminescent species.[4] This species shows an interesting case of aggressive mimicry, with the tips of the long tentacles having the appearance of a small harmless squid. It lures fish and other squids by dangling the tips of the tentacles very far away from it's body, then quickly snatching the fooled prey into it's death. Intact tentacles suspected to be from this species have been found inside the longnose lancetfish.<cite web | url = https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/8/130827-deep-sea-squid-prey-capture-ocean-animals-science/ | title = Noodle-Armed Deep-sea Squid Mystery Solved | accessdate = 21 August 2020 | author = Jane J. Lee | date = 27 August 2013 | publisher = National Geographic}}</ref>
See also
References
- ^ Barratt, I.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Grimalditeuthis bonplandi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T162952A957309. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T162952A957309.en. Downloaded on 3 March 2018.
- ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Grimalditeuthis Joubin, 1898". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Hoving, Hendrik J. T.; Zeidberg, Louis D.; Benfield, Mark C.; Bush, Stephanie L.; Robison, Bruce H.; Vecchione, Michael (2013-10-22). "First in situ observations of the deep-sea squid Grimalditeuthis bonplandi reveal unique use of tentacles". Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 280 (1769): 20131463. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.1463. ISSN 1471-2954. PMC 3768303. PMID 23986106.
- ^ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
External links
- "CephBase: Grimalditeuthis". Archived from the original on 2005-08-17.
- Tree of Life web project: Grimalditeuthis bonplandi
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