Sharks checking in to the sponge hotel: First internal use of sponges of the genus Agelas and family Irciniidae by banded sand catsharks Atelomycterus fasciatus.

Autor: O'Neill HL; CSIRO National Research Collections Australia-Australian National Fish Collection, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia., White WT; CSIRO National Research Collections Australia-Australian National Fish Collection, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia., Pogonoski JJ; CSIRO National Research Collections Australia-Australian National Fish Collection, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia., Alvarez B; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand., Gomez O; Department of Aquatic Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, Western Australia, Australia., Keesing JK; CSIRO, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of fish biology [J Fish Biol] 2024 Jan; Vol. 104 (1), pp. 304-309. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 21.
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15554
Abstrakt: Trawl surveys within and surrounding two northwestern Australian marine parks revealed banded sand catsharks Atelomycterus fasciatus (family Atelomycteridae) taking refuge within large sponges of the family Irciniidae (Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida) and the genus Agelas (Demospongiae: Agelasida: Agelasidae). Five sponges contained a total of 57 A. fasciatus, comprising both sexes and both immature and mature individuals ranging from 102 to 390 mm total length (TL). In the same surveys, only five A. fasciatus were captured unassociated with sponges, suggesting that sponges are an important microhabitat for A. fasciatus and may provide a daytime refuge from predators. A southerly range extension is also reported for this species.
(© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Fish Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Fisheries Society of the British Isles.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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