Salpivory by Colonial Reef Corals at Curaçao, Southern Caribbean
A salp swarm was observed in Director’s Bay, Curaçao in July 2021, where salps were caught and consumed by three scleractinian colonial reef corals: Madracis auretenra, Locke, Weil & Coates, 2017; Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758), and Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767). The first two sc...
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| description | A salp swarm was observed in Director’s Bay, Curaçao in July 2021, where salps were caught and consumed by three scleractinian colonial reef corals: Madracis auretenra, Locke, Weil & Coates, 2017; Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758), and Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767). The first two scleractinians are newly recorded salpivores. Since the coral polyps were collaborating, predation was not restricted by polyp size. This is the first detailed report on salpivorous corals in the Caribbean. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-53d511e836b943ef9dc943e49c5668382023-11-22T23:04:06ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182021-11-01131156010.3390/d13110560Salpivory by Colonial Reef Corals at Curaçao, Southern CaribbeanLars J. V. ter Horst0Bert W. Hoeksema1Department of Freshwater and Marine Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94248, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTaxonomy, Systematics and Geodiversity Group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The NetherlandsA salp swarm was observed in Director’s Bay, Curaçao in July 2021, where salps were caught and consumed by three scleractinian colonial reef corals: Madracis auretenra, Locke, Weil & Coates, 2017; Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758), and Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767). The first two scleractinians are newly recorded salpivores. Since the coral polyps were collaborating, predation was not restricted by polyp size. This is the first detailed report on salpivorous corals in the Caribbean.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/11/560polyp collaborationSalpidaesalpivoressalpivoroussalp swarm |
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| title | Salpivory by Colonial Reef Corals at Curaçao, Southern Caribbean |
| title_full | Salpivory by Colonial Reef Corals at Curaçao, Southern Caribbean |
| title_fullStr | Salpivory by Colonial Reef Corals at Curaçao, Southern Caribbean |
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| title_short | Salpivory by Colonial Reef Corals at Curaçao, Southern Caribbean |
| title_sort | salpivory by colonial reef corals at curacao southern caribbean |
| topic | polyp collaboration Salpidae salpivores salpivorous salp swarm |
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