Grimalditeuthis certainly crossed my mind as well, but with the arms being long as they are and the general "non-gelatinous" presentation in this specimen, I'd have a problem with that. Double finned
Joubiniteuthis, as successfully ID'ed by Neurobadger on
this thread, doesn't grow to these sizes, I'm sure, no?
PS: It's always funny to read back one's original ramblings at the start of a thread like this and see (really uncalled for) species and genera enter and exit the stage.
Plus, another smaller Aspero for your perusal, ML is around 80 cm, taken from the infamous "nifty" site, of yore....
The site also used to host a picture of a huge red squid at the surface, identified by some as
Megalocrachia. I wonder whether that pic will ever resurface, as I'm not wholly convinced of said ID, but it appeared to be a formidable creature.