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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPIDOTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Lepidoteuthidae (Family)
> Lepidoteuthis (Genus)
> grimaldii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Enoptroteuthis Berry, 1920
Images: Lepidoteuthis grimaldii Joubin, 1895
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Taxonomy
Family:
LEPIDOTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Lepidoteuthidae (Family)
> Lepidoteuthis (Genus)
> grimaldii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Enoptroteuthis Berry, 1920
Details: Lepidoteuthis grimaldii Joubin, 1895
Size/Grows to:
Animal 100mm (mantle)
Distribution:
Tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Jackson, G.D., O'Shea, S. 2003 Unique hooks in the male scaled squid Lepidoteuthis grimaldi [sic.], Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 83 (p.1099)
  • Clark, M.R., MacLeod, N. 1982 Cephalopod remains from the stomachs of sperm whales caught in the Tasman Sea, Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, 43 (p.28)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil