Resumo
This work deals with feeding tests performed in laboratory with Pantopoda species, Tanystylum isabellae Marcus, 1940 and Anoplodactylus stictus Marcus, 1940. Animals (alive and dead) and vegetable foods were offered to males without eggs, males with eggs, females and juveniles Pantopoda. Of the 13 types of food offered to the animals only Sertularia Linnaeus, 1758 (Hydrozoa). Amathia distans Busk, 1886 (Bryozoa), Hyale media (Dana, 1853) (Crustacea, Gammaridea), Caprella danilevskii Czerniavski, 1868 (Crustacea-Caprellidae), Artemia salina Leach, 1812 (Crustacea, Anostraca) e Perna perna (Linné, 1758) (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) were actually eaten. The macroalgae Sargassum C. Agardh, 1820; Padina Adanson, 1763; Chaetomorpha Kützing, 1845 and Ulva Linnaeus. 1753, the Hydrozoa Dynamena (Linnaeus, 1758), Polychaeta aixl anemon fragments weren't accepted.
Pantopoda; Sargassum fauna; feeding
Pantopoda; Sargassum fauna; feeding
Aspectos da alimentação de Tanystylum isabellae marcus e Anoplodactylus stictus marcus (Pantopoda)
Feeding aspects of Tanystylum isabellae and Anoplodactylus stictus (Pantopoda)
Franci Mary Fantinato Varoli
Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 9075, 01065-970 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil, Pesquisadora do CNPq
ABSTRACT
This work deals with feeding tests performed in laboratory with Pantopoda species, Tanystylum isabellae Marcus, 1940 and Anoplodactylus stictus Marcus, 1940. Animals (alive and dead) and vegetable foods were offered to males without eggs, males with eggs, females and juveniles Pantopoda. Of the 13 types of food offered to the animals only Sertularia Linnaeus, 1758 (Hydrozoa). Amathia distans Busk, 1886 (Bryozoa), Hyale media (Dana, 1853) (Crustacea, Gammaridea), Caprella danilevskii Czerniavski, 1868 (Crustacea-Caprellidae), Artemia salina Leach, 1812 (Crustacea, Anostraca) e Perna perna (Linné, 1758) (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) were actually eaten. The macroalgae Sargassum C. Agardh, 1820; Padina Adanson, 1763; Chaetomorpha Kützing, 1845 and Ulva Linnaeus. 1753, the Hydrozoa Dynamena (Linnaeus, 1758), Polychaeta aixl anemon fragments weren't accepted.
Key words: Pantopoda, Sargassum fauna, feeding
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AGRADECIMENTOS. Este trabalho é parte da minha Dissertação de Mestrado. Sou grata à Profa. Dra. Patrícia Teresa Monteiro Cunningham pela revisão e sugestões.
Recebido em 15.X.1993; aceito em 08.VIII.1994.
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Datas de Publicação
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Publicação nesta coleção
22 Jul 2009 -
Data do Fascículo
1994
Histórico
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Aceito
08 Ago 1994 -
Recebido
15 Out 1993