Grimalditeuthis

Grimalditeuthis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Oegopsida
Family: Chiroteuthidae
Genus: Grimalditeuthis
L. Joubin, 1898[2]
Species:
G. bonplandi
Binomial name
Grimalditeuthis bonplandi
(Vérany, 1839)
Synonyms[2]
  • Loligopsis bonplandi Vérany, 1836
  • Grimalditeuthis richardi Joubin, 1898
  • Doratopsis sagitta Chun, 1908

Grimalditeuthis bonplandi is a squid named after the Grimaldi family, reigning house of Monaco.[3] 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.[4] The specific name bonplandi refers to the French scientist Aimé Bonpland.[5]

The squid was observed alive in the wild for the first time in 2005 in a study.[6]

Grimalditeuthis bonplandi is a bioluminescent species.[7] 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 its body, then quickly snatching the fooled prey into its death. Intact tentacles suspected to be from this species have been found inside the longnose lancetfish.[8]

  1. ^ 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. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Julian Finn (2016). "Grimalditeuthis Joubin, 1898". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. ^ Joubin, L. (1898). "Observations sur divers Céphaloppodes. Quatrième note: Grimalditeuthis Richardi Joubin 1898". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France (in French). 23: 101–113.
  4. ^ Dominic Hohn (2012). Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 bath Toys Lost at Sea. Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1908526038.
  5. ^ Verany, J. B. (1839). "Mémoire sur six nouvelles espèces de Céphalopodes trouvées dans la Méditerranée à Nice". Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino. Series 2 (in French). 1: 91–98.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Jane J. Lee (27 August 2013). "Noodle-Armed Deep-sea Squid Mystery Solved". National Geographic. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.