Martialia hyadesii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Family: | Ommastrephidae |
Subfamily: | Todarodinae |
Genus: |
Martialia Rochebrune and Mabille, 1889 |
Species: | M. hyadesii
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Binomial name | |
Martialia hyadesii Rochebrune and Mabille, 1889
[1]
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Martialia hyadesii is a species of flying squid commonly known as the sevenstar flying squid.
M. hyadesii occurs in epipelagic and mesopelagic waters of the Southern Ocean. Its range may be circumpolar with a Sub-Antarctic distribution. [2]
These large squid are known to prey upon deep-sea ridgeheads and other mesopelagic fish, and to be preyed upon in turn by king penguins and albatrosses. [3] [2]
Martialia hyadesii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Oegopsida |
Family: | Ommastrephidae |
Subfamily: | Todarodinae |
Genus: |
Martialia Rochebrune and Mabille, 1889 |
Species: | M. hyadesii
|
Binomial name | |
Martialia hyadesii Rochebrune and Mabille, 1889
[1]
|
Martialia hyadesii is a species of flying squid commonly known as the sevenstar flying squid.
M. hyadesii occurs in epipelagic and mesopelagic waters of the Southern Ocean. Its range may be circumpolar with a Sub-Antarctic distribution. [2]
These large squid are known to prey upon deep-sea ridgeheads and other mesopelagic fish, and to be preyed upon in turn by king penguins and albatrosses. [3] [2]