Two specimens of Kondakovia longimana were recently obtained from the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean. One specimen, damaged but near the known maximum size, was found floating on the surface, and the other, a male subadult specimen, was captured by a pelagic trawl. Examination of the specimens, histological sections and analyses of tissue samples revealed that the muscular tissues of the tentacular stalks and the mantle contain a large amount of ammonium, more than 328 mM, a quantity that far exceeds that of Moroteuthis ingens (206.9 mM) and Moroteuthis robsoni (199.6 mM) from the South Tasman Rise. Catch data and published records suggest that the juveniles and subadults of K. longimana feed on krill in the epipelagic zone.
