Predation on kamptozoans (Entoprocta) |
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| Authors: | Martha Hill Canning James T. Carlton |
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| Affiliation: | Williams College, Mystic Seaport, Maritime Studies Program, PO. Box 6000, Mystic, Connecticut 06355, USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract. Predation on kamptozoans (phylum Kamptozoa = Entoprocta) is not mentioned in any literature on the phylum. We have found a plagiostomid turbellarian flatworm ( Plagios-tomum sp.) preying upon Barentsia benedeni in an estuarine sublittoral fouling community in Long Island Sound, USA. Previous records of predation on kamptozoans by nudibranch opis-thobranchs (sea slugs) are reviewed. Predation on kamptozoans by some members of two phyla, Mollusca and Platyhelminthes, is thus now known. |
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| Keywords: | Barentsia Plagiostoma Zoothamnium fouling |
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