Food and feeding habits of the seahorses Hippocampus spinosissimus and Hippocampus trimaculatus (Malaysia). (17th November 2014)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Food and feeding habits of the seahorses Hippocampus spinosissimus and Hippocampus trimaculatus (Malaysia). (17th November 2014)
- Main Title:
- Food and feeding habits of the seahorses Hippocampus spinosissimus and Hippocampus trimaculatus (Malaysia)
- Authors:
- Yip, M.Y.
Lim, A.C.O.
Chong, V.C.
Lawson, J.M.
Foster, S.J. - Abstract:
- Abstract : Two seahorse species, Hippocampus spinosissimus and Hippocampus trimaculatus, sampled in east and west coastal waters of Peninsular Malaysia, fed mostly on crustacean prey; small caridean shrimps and amphipods as adults (both species), and copepods and larval meroplankton as juveniles (for H. trimaculatus only). The similar short relative gut length (~0.4) of both species is consistent with a carnivorous diet. Both species are considered specialists in prey selection, focusing on slow-moving epibenthic, hyperbenthic and canopy-dwelling crustaceans that dwell on the mud-sand seabed, or are associated with seagrass or mangrove areas. In this light, seahorses with their juveniles in shallow waters are vulnerable to coastal reclamation and development.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Volume 95:Number 5(2015:Aug.)
- Journal:
- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Issue:
- Volume 95:Number 5(2015:Aug.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 95, Issue 5 (2015)
- Year:
- 2015
- Volume:
- 95
- Issue:
- 5
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2015-0095-0005-0000
- Page Start:
- 1033
- Page End:
- 1040
- Publication Date:
- 2014-11-17
- Subjects:
- Syngnathidae, -- food habits, -- stomach content, -- crustacean prey, -- preponderance index, -- PCA, -- diet overlap, -- ontogenetic shift, -- relative gut length
Biology -- Periodicals
Marine biology -- Periodicals
578.77 - Journal URLs:
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- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0025315414001660 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0025-3154
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