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- Title
Salpivory by Colonial Reef Corals at Curaçao, Southern Caribbean.
- Authors
ter Horst, Lars J. V.; Hoeksema, Bert W.
- Abstract
A salp swarm was observed in Director's Bay, Curaçao in July 2021, where salps were caught and consumed by three scleractinian colonial reef corals: Madracis auretenra, Locke, Weil & Coates, 2017; Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758), and Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767). The first two scleractinians are newly recorded salpivores. Since the coral polyps were collaborating, predation was not restricted by polyp size. This is the first detailed report on salpivorous corals in the Caribbean.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS Antilles; CORALS; CORAL reefs &; islands; SCLERACTINIA; LOCKE, John, 1632-1704; POLYPS
- Publication
Diversity (14242818), 2021, Vol 13, Issue 11, p560
- ISSN
1424-2818
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/d13110560