IBIOMAR - CENPAT 25620
INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA DE ORGANISMOS MARINOS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Unexpected meal: first record of predation upon a potentially neurotoxic sea slug by the European green crab Carcinus maenas
Autor/es:
BATTINI, NICOLÁS; BRAVO, GONZALO
Revista:
NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
Editorial:
RSNZ PUBLISHING
Referencias:
Año: 2020
ISSN:
0301-4223
Resumen:
An unexpected predator-prey interaction is reported between two successful invasive species in Patagonia, the European green crab Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) and the potentially neurotoxic grey side-gilled sea slug Pleurobranchaea maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). On two different occasions, a total of four crabs were observed preying upon the sea slugs in the field. The establishment of a novel predator-prey interaction between these species can imply significant effects on their potential spread and invasive success along the South Western Atlantic, as well as it provides a noteworthy contribution towards the knowledge of the currently underexplored question related to what eats the sea slugs.
