Relative preference of the mussel drillOcinebrina edwardsi(Payr.) (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) for fed or starved preys
作者:
Paolo Tongiorgi,
Carla Sola,
Maria Balsamo,
期刊:
Bolletino di zoologia
(Taylor Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 54,
issue 2
页码: 127-129
ISSN:0373-4137
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1080/11250008709355571
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Predation;Distance chemoreception;Mussel drill;Muricidae;Ocinebrina edwardsi
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The shell‐boring gastropodOcinebrina edwardsisustains itself by preying on mussels. In the laboratory these drills, when presented with a choice between well fed and starved prey, were attracted to a statistically significant degree (P < 0.01) towards the well fed mussels. Chemical signals, i. e. attractant and/or repellent substances which were being continually emitted by the mussels, informed the predators from a distance as to the physiological condition of their prey. Results of any predation tests which fail to take this aspect into consideration may be biased and tests carried out on animals which have been kept for a long time in captivity are to be avoided.
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