Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana) feeding on lancelets (Branchiostoma floridae) |
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| Authors: | M D Stokes N D Holland |
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| Institution: | Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California 9209, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | A southern stingray from the shallow sand flats of Tampa Bay, Florida, had its gut filled almost exclusively with lancelets. The absence of small lancelets from the gut contents indicated a pharyngeal sieving mechanism by the ray. |
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| Keywords: | Dasyatis americana Branchiostoma floridae predation on lancelets pharyngeal sieving |
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