Feeding on cnidarians by giant pycnogonids (Pycnogonida: Colossendeidae Jarzinsky, 1870) in the North Central Pacific and North Atlantic oceans Academic Article

abstract

• The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Crustacean Society. All rights reserved. At Physalia Seamount, North Atlantic and West Pioneer Bank, North Central Pacific, the remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer photographed giant pycnogonids of the genus ColossendeisJarzynsky, 1870feeding on cnidarians, a solitary hydroid, and a coronate medusa, respectively. Coupled with previous published reports and recent photographs from Antarctica, these latest photographs indicate that cnidarians constitute a common prey for species of Colossendeis.

authors

• Wicksten, Mary

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY

altmetric score

• 0.75

author list (cited authors)

• Wicksten, M. K.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Wicksten, Mary K

publication date

• May 2017

publisher

• Oxford University Press (OUP)  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Crustacean Biology  Journal

keywords

• Behavior
• Deep-sea Fauna
• Sea Spiders

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1093/jcbiol/rux034

start page

• 359

end page

• 360

volume

• 37

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux034