RT journal article
T1 Scavenging behavior by Phyllonotus oculatus (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in a South Atlantic reef
A1 Freire de Carvalho Souza, Gustavo
A1 González-Ortegón, Enrique
A2 Física Aplicada
AB Scavengers play a key role in nutrient cycling and in the energy transfer between the terrestrial-aquatic interface (Beasley et al. 2012). Obligatory scavengers feed exclusively on carrion, while some predator species act opportunistically as facultative scavengers when carrion is available (Morton 2006; Moleón and Sánchez-Zapata 2015). Species of the gastropod family Muricidae, such as Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846), display the opportunistic habit of scavenging other predators’ leftovers on subtidal sands (Morton 2006). Muricidae is one of the largest families of carnivorous snails, utilizing a specialized shell-drilling ability to assess their prey (Dietl and Herbert 2005).
PB SPRINGER
SN 1867-1624
YR 2022
FD 2022-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/28711
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/28711
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 13-nov-2026