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In situ observations of predatory feeding behaviour of the galatheid squat lobster Munida sarsi using a remotely operated vehicle
Hudson, I.R.; Wigham, D. (2003). In situ observations of predatory feeding behaviour of the galatheid squat lobster Munida sarsi using a remotely operated vehicle. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83(3): 463-464. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315403007343h
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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Keywords
    Aquatic communities > Benthos > Zoobenthos
    Aquatic organisms > Heterotrophic organisms > Predators
    Behaviour > Feeding behaviour
    Control > Remote control
    Fauna > Aquatic organisms > Aquatic animals > Shellfish
    In situ measurements
    Interspecific relationships > Predation
    Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 [WoRMS]; Munida sarsi Huus, 1935 [WoRMS]
    ANE, British Isles, Scotland, Shetland I. [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal

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  • Hudson, I.R., more
  • Wigham, D.

Abstract
    During remotely operated vehicle operations on the UK continental shelf to the west of Shetland (60°6′N 4°4′W) at a depth of 400 m, Munida sarsi, a common benthic crustacean was observed actively preying on the northern krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica. Video footage shows the individual using its chelipeds to catch prey items as they swarm around its burrow. These initial observations indicate that predation forms a new feeding strategy for a species previously believed to be an active scavenger.

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