Lepidoteuthis

{{Short description|Species of squid}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Grimaldi scaled squid

| image = Lepidoteuthis grimaldii 617 mm ML.jpg

| image_caption = Female (61.7 cm ML, 4.07 kg weight) from the Chatham Rise off New Zealand

| image2 = Lepidoteuthis grimaldii dermal scales.jpg

| image2_caption = Closeup of the overlapping dermal scales of the same specimen

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Barratt, I. |author2=Allcock, L. |date=2014 |title=Lepidoteuthis grimaldii |volume=2014 |page=e.T163278A993322 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163278A993322.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| grandparent_authority = Pfeffer, 1912

| genus = Lepidoteuthis

| parent_authority = Joubin, 1895{{cite web | url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140193 | title = Lepidoteuthis grimaldii Joubin, 1916 | access-date = 7 March 2018 | publisher = Flanders Marine Institute | year = 2016 | author = Julian Finn | work = World Register of Marine Species}}

| display_parents = 3

| species = grimaldii

| authority = Joubin, 1895

| synonyms = Enoptroteuthis spinicauda Berry, 1920

}}

Lepidoteuthis grimaldii, also known as the Grimaldi scaled squid, is a large squid growing to {{convert|1|m|abbr=on}} in mantle length.Young, R.E. & M. Vecchione 2009. [http://tolweb.org/Lepidoteuthis_grimaldii/19833 Lepidoteuthidae Pfeffer 1912]. The Tree of Life Web Project. 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.Albert 1er of Monaco. "Notes sur un Cachalot." Bulletin du Muséum d’histoire naturelle 1895, no. 8. 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.

File:LepidoJoubin2.jpg|Syntype (86 cm ML)

File:Lepidoteuthis grimaldii scales.jpg|Closeup of the mantle scales

File:Lepidoteuthis grimaldii gladius.jpg|Gladius