Evidence for Feeding on Seabirds by the Southern Ocean Ommastrephid Squid Todarodes filippovae

George D. Jackson; Heidi R. Pethybridge; Patti Virtue

doi:10.4003/006.038.0205

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George D. Jackson,¹ Heidi R. Pethybridge,² Patti Virtue^2,3

¹Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda, CA 902350, U.S.A.,
²Oceans and Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia
³Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 129, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia

Abstract

A unique and rare event of consumption of a seabird (aviphagy) was recorded for a Southern Ocean squid in Australian waters. Petrel remains were identified in the stomach contents of a large (518 mm Mantle Length, 3.4 kg) female ommastrephid squid, Todarodes filippovae (Adam 1975) captured off the southern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The remains were identified as to being from either a fairy prion Pachyptila turtur or white-faced storm petrel Pelagodroma marina. This unique observation expands the evidence for aviphagy recorded in other cephalopods to now include squid.

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George D. Jackson, Heidi R. Pethybridge, and Patti Virtue "Evidence for Feeding on Seabirds by the Southern Ocean Ommastrephid Squid Todarodes filippovae," American Malacological Bulletin 38(2), 72-75, (21 January 2021). https://doi.org/10.4003/006.038.0205

Received: 6 October 2020; Accepted: 12 December 2020; Published: 21 January 2021

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