Feeding ecology in sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida): What do we know?
| Autor: | Florian Leese, Tobias Lehmann, Lars Dietz, Jana S. Dömel, Roland R. Melzer |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
Community Ecology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Applied ecology Food chain Biodiversity Review Biology Marine arthropods 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Benthos Taxon Pantopoda lcsh:Zoology Animal Science and Zoology Community ecology lcsh:QL1-991 Feeding ecology Biologie Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Zoology, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2018) Frontiers in Zoology |
| Popis: | Sea spiders (Pycnogonida) are a widespread and phylogenetically important group of marine arthropods. However, their biology remains understudied, and detailed information about their feeding ecology is difficult to find. Observations on pycnogonid feeding are scattered in the literature, often in older sources written in various languages, and have never been comprehensively summarized. Here we provide an overview of all information on feeding in pycnogonids that we have been able to find and review what is known on feeding specializations and preferences in the various pycnogonid taxa. We deduce general findings where possible and outline future steps necessary to gain a better understanding of the feeding ecology of one of the world’s most bizarre animal taxa. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12983-018-0250-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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