Nutrition of species of the genus Amphiophiura in the Pacific and Indian Oceans

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Nutrition of 6 deep-sea ophiuroid species of the genus Amphiophiura in the Pacific and Indian Oceans has been studied. One species is a detritus-feeder while the others are carnivorous. All 6 are widespread in deep-sea eutrophic regions of both oceans. Carnivorous species are also necrophagous, feeding on dead fish, surface pteropods, and crustaceans. Fishes are consumed mainly in the Indian Ocean, pteropods in the Pacific. Thus, as shown by carnivorous Amphtophiura, the rain of dead surface pelagic organisms is one of the most important sources of food for a number of deep-sea bottom-dwelling invertebrates.

Supplement to: Litvinova, N M; Sokolova, Maria N (1971): Feeding of deep-sea ophiuroids of the genus Amphiophiura. Oceanology, 11, 240-247

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.753504
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.753504
Provenance
Creator Litvinova, N M; Sokolova, Maria N
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 1971
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
OpenAccess true
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Language English
Resource Type Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 4 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-174.133W, -16.050S, 46.883E, 48.250N); Indian Ocean; Pacific Ocean
Temporal Coverage Begin 1955-05-03T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 1966-08-20T00:00:00Z