Stomach content analysis and behavioral observations reveal that the horned shrimp Paracrangon echinata is a lie-in-wait predator on smaller organisms, especially amphipods, polychaetes, and caridean shrimp. Prey is detected using the extremely thin third pair of pereiopods, captured with the subchelate first pereiopods, and ingested whole.
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1 May 2011
Feeding Behavior of the Horned Shrimp, Paracrangon echinata (Caridea: Crangonidae)
Gregory C. Jensen
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Journal of Crustacean Biology
Vol. 31 • No. 2
May 2011
Vol. 31 • No. 2
May 2011
crangonidae
feeding
Paracrangon echinata
Rhynocrangon sharpi