Martialia

Martialia hyadesii
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 is a genus of flying squids in the family Ommastrephidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Martialia hyadesii, commonly known as the sevenstar flying squid. They have a maximum mantle length of 400mm, with a body weighing 820g.

Distribution

M. hyadesii occurs in epipelagic and mesopelagic waters of the Southern Ocean. Its range may be circumpolar with a Sub-Antarctic distribution. ^[2]

Ecology

These large squid are known to prey upon deep-sea ridgeheads and other mesopelagic fish, and to be preyed upon in turn by seals, king penguins and albatrosses. ^{[3] [2]}

References

1. Julian Finn (2016). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Martialia hyadesi Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 11 March 2018.
2. Guerreiro, M.; Phillips, R.; Cherel, Y.; Ceia, F.; Alvito, P.; Rosa, R.; Xavier, J. (2015). "Habitat and trophic ecology of Southern Ocean cephalopods from stable isotope analyses" (PDF). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 530: 119–134. Bibcode:2015MEPS..530..119G. doi: 10.3354/meps11266 .
3. Williams, Tony D. (1995). The Penguins: Spheniscidae. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 147. ISBN   978-0-19-854667-2.