Predatory behaviour of squid (Illex illecebrosus) feeding on surface swarms of euphausiids
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 63 (1) , 15-17
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z85-003
Abstract
Squid (lllex illecebrosus) were observed and filmed feeding on daytime surface swarms of the euphausiid, Meganyctiphanes norvegien. in the Bay of Fundy. The squid captured euphausiids by tentacular attack, a predatory behaviour described previously for this and other species of squid feeding on mobile prey. This method of prédation is quite different from the only other documented account of squid feeding on euphausiid surface swarms.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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