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The Mechanism of active capture of animal food by the Sergestid Shrimp Acetes Sibogae Australis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Lachlan Mcleay  and
C.G. Alexander
Lachlan Mcleay
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biology, James CookUniversity of North Queensland, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia
C.G. Alexander
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Biology, James CookUniversity of North Queensland, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia
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Combining the use of scanning electron microscopy and microcinematography with functional and behavioural observations has clarified many aspects underlying the feeding processes of the small planktonic sergestid shrimp Acetes sibogae australis. In captivity Acetes sibogae australis is an opportunistic feeder that uses four principal feeding modes to capture a wide size range of prey: Artemia nauplii (<0.33 mm), copepods (<1mm) and moribund Acetes (up to 25 mm). Prey capture is effected by combined actions of the first three pairs of pereiopods and the third maxillipeds before transfer to the more dorsal second maxillipeds. The second maxillipeds are the principal appendages used in securing, manipulating, sorting and rejecting prey before insertion into the vicinity of the inner mouthparts.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 78 , Issue 2 , May 1998 , pp. 497 - 508
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1998

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