Nototodarus
| Nototodarus | |
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| Nototodarus hawaiiensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Oegopsida |
| Family: | Ommastrephidae |
| Subfamily: | Todarodinae |
| Genus: | Nototodarus Pfeffer, 1912[1] |
| Type species | |
| Nototodarus sloanii | |
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Nototodarus is a genus of squid. Example species in this genus include Nototodarus sloanii, a species sought for human food. In the process of harvesting N. sloanii, Australian sea lions are frequently killed, since that marine mammal preys upon this squid species.[3] Furthermore, New Zealand arrow squid, N. sloanii, is an important food source for the endangered yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes.[4]
Species
- Nototodarus gouldi(McCoy, 1888)
- Nototodarus hawaiiensis (S. S. Berry, 1912)
- Nototodarus sloanii (Gray, 1849)
References
- ^ 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.). "Nototodarus Pfeffer, 1912". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ISBN 978-92-5-106720-8.
- ISBN 978-0-643-06953-4, 446 pages
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Yellow-eyed Penguin: Megadypes antipodes, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
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