Feeding habits of Hyale media (Dana, 1853) (Crustacea-Amphipoda)

Tararam, Airton Santo; Wakabara, Yoko; Mesquita, Hilda de Sousa Lima

doi:10.1590/S0373-55241985000200007

Abstract

Feeding of males and females of the Gammaridea Hyate media at mature and immature stages were tested in laboratory experiments. Macro and microscopic algae as well as dead or alive animals were utilized as food. This gammarid is omnivorous, feeding by predation, scavenging, browsing and scraping. Feeding behaviour was discontinuous. Padina vickersiae was more utilized in winter and Ulva fasciata in summer. The feeding activity of all the animals showed great variability in relation to the type of food. Higher temperatures probably account for the higher consumption observed in summer.

Feeding behaviour; Experimental research; Developmental stages; Amphipoda; Hyale media; Itanhaem; Brazil

ARTIGOS

Feeding habits of Hyale media (Dana, 1853) (Crustacea-Amphipoda)

Airton Santo Tararam; Yoko Wakabara; Hilda de Sousa Lima Mesquita

Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo (Caixa Postal,9075, 01000 São Paulo, SP)

SYNOPSIS

Feeding of males and females of the Gammaridea Hyate media at mature and immature stages were tested in laboratory experiments. Macro and microscopic algae as well as dead or alive animals were utilized as food. This gammarid is omnivorous, feeding by predation, scavenging, browsing and scraping. Feeding behaviour was discontinuous. Padina vickersiae was more utilized in winter and Ulva fasciata in summer. The feeding activity of all the animals showed great variability in relation to the type of food. Higher temperatures probably account for the higher consumption observed in summer.

Descriptors: Feeding behaviour, Experimental research, Developmental stages, Amphipoda, Hyale media, Itanhaem: SP, Brazil.

Descritores: Habitos alimentares, Pesquisa experimental, Estadios de desenvolvimento, Amphipoda, Hyale media, Itanhaem: SP.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to express our gratitude to Drs E. C. Oliveira Filho and E. J. de Paula; Drs M. B. B. Kutner and I. R. Oliveira for the algae and diatoms classification, respectively.

(Received 28-Nov-1985; accepted 27-Dez-1985)

AGRAWAL, V. P. 1964. Studies on the physiology of digestion in Orchestia gammarella Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 143:133-141.
ANRAKU, M. & OMORI, M. 1963. Preliminary survey of the relationship between the feeding habit and the structure of the mouth-parts of marine copepods. Limnol. Oceanogr., 3(1):116-129.
BEHBEHANI, M. I. & CROKER, R. A. 1982. Ecology of Beach Wrack in northern New England with special reference to Orchestia platensis Estuar. cstl Shelf Sci., 15:611-620.
BOWERS, D. E. 1964. Natural history of two beach hoppers of the genuús Orchestoidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) with reference to their complemental distribution. Ecology, 45(4):677-696.
BRAWLEY, S. H. & ADEY, W. H. 1981. The effect of micrograzers on algal community structure in a coral reef microcosm. Mar. Biol., 61:167-177.
BRENNER, D.; VALIELA, I.; RAALTE, Van C. D. & CARPENTER, E. J. 1976. Grazing by Talorchestia longicornis on an algae mat in a New England salt marsh. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol., 22(2): 161-169.
D'ANTONIO, C. 1985. Epiphytes on the rocky intertidal red alga Rhodomela larix (Turner) C. Agardh: negative effects on the host and food for herbivores? J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol., 86:197-218.
DENNEL, R. 1933. The habits and feeding mechanism of the amphipod Haustorius arenarius Slabber. J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool., 38:363-388.
FISH, J. D. & PREECE, G. S. 1970. The ecophysiological complex of Bathyporeia pilosa and B. pelagica (Crustacea-Amphipoda). I. Respiration rates. Mar. Biol., 5:22-28.
KITITSYNA, L. A. 1975. Feeding rates of Pontogammarus robustoides at different temperatures. Hydrobiol. J., 11(1):35-40.
LAWTON, J. A. 1970. Feeding and food energy assimilation in larvae of demselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulz.). J. Anim. Ecol., 39:669-689.
LEITE, F. P. P. 1976. Estádios de crescimento e aspectos da reprodução de Hyale media (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalidae) da fauna vágil de Sargassum cymosum Dissertação de mestrado. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico, 74p.
McGROUTHER, M. A. 1983. Comparison of feeding mechanisms in two intertidal gammaridean, Hyale rupicula (Haswell) and Paracalliope australis (Haswell) (Crustacea-Amphipoda). Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res., 34:717-726.
MOORE, J. W. 1975. The role of algae in the diet of Asellus aquaticus L. and Gammarus pulex L. J. Anim. Ecol., 44:719-730.
MOORE, P. G. & FRANCIS, C. H. 1985. Some observations on food and feeding of the supralittoral beach-hopper Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas) (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Ophelia, 24(3):183-197.
NICOTRI, M. E. 1977. The impact of crustacean herbivores on cultured seweed populations. Aquaculture, 12:127-136.
______ 1980. Factors involved in herbivore food preference. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol., 42:13-26.
POMEROY, W. M. & LEVINGS, C. D. 1980. Association and feeding relationships between Eogammarus confervicolus (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) and benthic algae on Sturgeon and Roberts Banks, Fraser River Estuary. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 37:1-10.
PRICE, L. H. & HYLLEBERG, J. 1982. Algal-faunal interactions in a mat of Ulva fasciata in False Bay, Washington. Ophelia, 21:75-88.
SHACKLOCK, P. F. & CROFT, G. B. 1981. Effect of grazers on Chondrus crispus in culture. Aquaculture, 22:331-342.
______ & DOYLE, R. W. 1983. Control of epiphytes in seaweed cultures using grazers. Aquaculture, 31:141-151.
SWEISS, J. J. & JOHNSON, M. G. 1976. Energy dynamics of two benthic crustaceans in relation to diet. J. Fish. Res. Bd Can., 33(11):2544-2550.
TARARAM, A. S. & WAKABARA, Y. 1981. The mobile fauna-especially Gammaridea of Sargassum cymosum Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 5:157-163.
TARARAM, A. S.; WAKABARA, Y. & TAKEDA, A. M. 1981. Seasonal variations of Amphipoda species living on Sargassum in Itanhaém, São Paulo-Brazil. In: Seminário Regional de Ecologia, 2ş, Anais ... São Carlos, Universidade de São Carlos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, p. 305-321.
______ & LEITE, F. P. P. (in press). Vertical distribution of amphipods living on algae of a Brazilian intertidal rocky shores. Crustaceana.
VASSALO, L. & STEELE, D. H. 1980. Survival and growth of young Gammarus lawrencianus Bousfield, 1956, on different diets. Crustaceana, 6:118-125.
WAKABARA, Y.; TARARAM, A. S. & TAKEDA, A. M. 1983. Comparative study of the amphipod fauna living on Sargassum of two Itanhaém shores, Brazil. J. Crust. Biol., 3 (4):602-607.
WILLOUGHBY, L. G. 1983. Feeding behaviour of Gammarus pulex (L.) (Amphipoda) on Nitella Crustaceana, 44 (3):245-250.
ZIMMERMAN, R.; GIBSON, R. & HARRINGTON, J. 1979. Herbivory and detritivory among gammaridean amphipods from a Florida seagrass community. Mar. Biol., 54: 41-47.

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[1] AGRAWAL, V. P. 1964. Studies on the physiology of digestion in Orchestia gammarella Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 143:133-141.

[2] ANRAKU, M. & OMORI, M. 1963. Preliminary survey of the relationship between the feeding habit and the structure of the mouth-parts of marine copepods. Limnol. Oceanogr., 3(1):116-129.

[3] BEHBEHANI, M. I. & CROKER, R. A. 1982. Ecology of Beach Wrack in northern New England with special reference to Orchestia platensis Estuar. cstl Shelf Sci., 15:611-620.

[4] BOWERS, D. E. 1964. Natural history of two beach hoppers of the genuús Orchestoidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) with reference to their complemental distribution. Ecology, 45(4):677-696.

[5] BRAWLEY, S. H. & ADEY, W. H. 1981. The effect of micrograzers on algal community structure in a coral reef microcosm. Mar. Biol., 61:167-177.

[6] BRENNER, D.; VALIELA, I.; RAALTE, Van C. D. & CARPENTER, E. J. 1976. Grazing by Talorchestia longicornis on an algae mat in a New England salt marsh. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol., 22(2): 161-169.

[7] D'ANTONIO, C. 1985. Epiphytes on the rocky intertidal red alga Rhodomela larix (Turner) C. Agardh: negative effects on the host and food for herbivores? J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol., 86:197-218.

[8] DENNEL, R. 1933. The habits and feeding mechanism of the amphipod Haustorius arenarius Slabber. J. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool., 38:363-388.

[9] FISH, J. D. & PREECE, G. S. 1970. The ecophysiological complex of Bathyporeia pilosa and B. pelagica (Crustacea-Amphipoda). I. Respiration rates. Mar. Biol., 5:22-28.

[10] KITITSYNA, L. A. 1975. Feeding rates of Pontogammarus robustoides at different temperatures. Hydrobiol. J., 11(1):35-40.

[11] LAWTON, J. A. 1970. Feeding and food energy assimilation in larvae of demselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulz.). J. Anim. Ecol., 39:669-689.

[12] LEITE, F. P. P. 1976. Estádios de crescimento e aspectos da reprodução de Hyale media (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalidae) da fauna vágil de Sargassum cymosum Dissertação de mestrado. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico, 74p.

[13] McGROUTHER, M. A. 1983. Comparison of feeding mechanisms in two intertidal gammaridean, Hyale rupicula (Haswell) and Paracalliope australis (Haswell) (Crustacea-Amphipoda). Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res., 34:717-726.

[14] MOORE, J. W. 1975. The role of algae in the diet of Asellus aquaticus L. and Gammarus pulex L. J. Anim. Ecol., 44:719-730.

[15] MOORE, P. G. & FRANCIS, C. H. 1985. Some observations on food and feeding of the supralittoral beach-hopper Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas) (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Ophelia, 24(3):183-197.

[16] NICOTRI, M. E. 1977. The impact of crustacean herbivores on cultured seweed populations. Aquaculture, 12:127-136.

[17] ______ 1980. Factors involved in herbivore food preference. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol., 42:13-26.

[18] POMEROY, W. M. & LEVINGS, C. D. 1980. Association and feeding relationships between Eogammarus confervicolus (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) and benthic algae on Sturgeon and Roberts Banks, Fraser River Estuary. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 37:1-10.

[19] PRICE, L. H. & HYLLEBERG, J. 1982. Algal-faunal interactions in a mat of Ulva fasciata in False Bay, Washington. Ophelia, 21:75-88.

[20] SHACKLOCK, P. F. & CROFT, G. B. 1981. Effect of grazers on Chondrus crispus in culture. Aquaculture, 22:331-342.

[21] ______ & DOYLE, R. W. 1983. Control of epiphytes in seaweed cultures using grazers. Aquaculture, 31:141-151.

[22] SWEISS, J. J. & JOHNSON, M. G. 1976. Energy dynamics of two benthic crustaceans in relation to diet. J. Fish. Res. Bd Can., 33(11):2544-2550.

[23] TARARAM, A. S. & WAKABARA, Y. 1981. The mobile fauna-especially Gammaridea of Sargassum cymosum Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 5:157-163.

[24] TARARAM, A. S.; WAKABARA, Y. & TAKEDA, A. M. 1981. Seasonal variations of Amphipoda species living on Sargassum in Itanhaém, São Paulo-Brazil. In: Seminário Regional de Ecologia, 2ş, Anais ... São Carlos, Universidade de São Carlos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, p. 305-321.

[25] ______ & LEITE, F. P. P. (in press). Vertical distribution of amphipods living on algae of a Brazilian intertidal rocky shores. Crustaceana.

[26] VASSALO, L. & STEELE, D. H. 1980. Survival and growth of young Gammarus lawrencianus Bousfield, 1956, on different diets. Crustaceana, 6:118-125.

[27] WAKABARA, Y.; TARARAM, A. S. & TAKEDA, A. M. 1983. Comparative study of the amphipod fauna living on Sargassum of two Itanhaém shores, Brazil. J. Crust. Biol., 3 (4):602-607.

[28] WILLOUGHBY, L. G. 1983. Feeding behaviour of Gammarus pulex (L.) (Amphipoda) on Nitella Crustaceana, 44 (3):245-250.

[29] ZIMMERMAN, R.; GIBSON, R. & HARRINGTON, J. 1979. Herbivory and detritivory among gammaridean amphipods from a Florida seagrass community. Mar. Biol., 54: 41-47.

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