Taonius pavo explained

Taonius pavo is a species of glass squid found in the Atlantic Ocean. Its exact geographic distribution is uncertain, but it may extend to the southwestern Indian Ocean through the Agulhas Current.^[1]

They are eaten by the sperm whale in Southeast Asia, southern Australia, Hawaii, and North Atlantic waters.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

See also

• Teuthowenia megalops

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taonius pavo (Lesueur, 1821) . Richard E. . Young . March 8, 2011 . The Tree of Life Web Project . March 16, 2012.
2. Chua . Marcus A.H. . Lane . David J.W. . Ooi . Seng Keat . Tay . Serene H.X. . Kubodera . Tsunemi . Diet and mitochondrial DNA haplotype of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) found dead off Jurong Island, Singapore . PeerJ . 5 April 2019 . 7 . e6705 . 10.7717/peerj.6705. 6452849 . 30984481 . free .
3. Evans . K . Hindell . M . The diet of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in southern Australian waters . ICES Journal of Marine Science . December 2004 . 61 . 8 . 1313–1329 . 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.07.026. 2004ICJMS..61.1313E . free .
4. Clarke . Malcolm . Young . Richard . Description and Analysis of Cephalopod Beaks from Stomachs of Six Species of Odontocete Cetaceans Stranded on Hawaiian Shores . Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom . 11 May 2009 . 78 . 2 . 623–641 . 10.1017/S0025315400041667. 86846764 .
5. Martin . A.R. . Clarke . M. R. . The Diet of Sperm Whales (Physter macrocephalous) Captured Between Iceland and Greenland . Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom . 11 May 2009 . 66 . 4 . 779 . 10.1017/S0025315400048426. 84671715 .