Phyllosomata associated with large gelatinous zooplankton: hitching rides and stealing bites

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Phyllosomata associated with large gelatinous zooplankton: hitching rides and stealing bites

O'Rorke, Richard, Lavery, Shane D., Wang, Miao, Gallego, Ramón, Waite, Anya M.

, Beckley, Lynnath E., Thompson, Peter A. and Jeffs, Andrew G. ;

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anya.waite [ at ] awi.de

Abstract

During a zooplankton survey 350 km off the coast of Western Australia, we captured a large and robust zooid of a salp (Thetys vagina), to which six late stage larvae (phyllosomata) of the western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus) were attached. High-throughput sequencing analyses of DNA extracts from midgut glands of the larvae confirmed that each phyllosoma had consumed mainly salp tissue ( x 1⁄4 64.5% + 15.9 of DNA reads). These results resolve long-standing conjecture whether spiny lobster phyllosomata attach to large gelatinous hosts to feed on them.

Item Type

Article

Authors

O'Rorke, Richard, Lavery, Shane D., Wang, Miao, Gallego, Ramón, Waite, Anya M.

, Beckley, Lynnath E., Thompson, Peter A. and Jeffs, Andrew G. ;

Divisions

AWI Organizations > Biosciences > Polar Biological Oceanography

Primary Division

Organizations > AWI Organizations > Biosciences > Polar Biological Oceanography

Programs

Basic Research > Helmholtz Independent Research

Primary Topic

Helmholtz Programs > Basic Research > Helmholtz Independent Research

Publication Status

Published

Eprint ID

43175

DOI 10.1093/icesjms/fsu163

Cite as

O'Rorke, R. , Lavery, S. D. , Wang, M. , Gallego, R. , Waite, A. M. , Beckley, L. E. , Thompson, P. A. and Jeffs, A. G. (2014): Phyllosomata associated with large gelatinous zooplankton: hitching rides and stealing bites , ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil, 72 (suppl), i124-i127 . doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu163