Predation on jellyfish by the cephalopod Argonauta argo

Heeger, Thomas; Piatkowski, Uwe; Möller, H.

doi:10.3354/meps088293

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“…This finding is in contrast with Heeger et al 22 , who reported that A. argo in the north of Bohol Island in the Philippines preferred jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata) for food.…”

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Sukhsangchan¹,

Meksumpun²,

Nabhitabhata³

et al. 2009

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Paper nautilus (Argonauta hians) were collected from fish markets and the bycatch of purse seiners operating in the Andaman Sea, Thailand. All specimens were mature females with egg cases with developing eggs inside. The distribution of paper nautilus was found between 7°30 24 -8°13 22 N and 97°01 50 -98°55 48 E around Phangnga, Phuket, and Krabi provinces, south of Thailand. All the specimens were female with average shell size of 20.6 ± 5.4 mm, average mantle length of 31.0 ± 6.5 mm, and average body weight of 6.4 ± 3.6 g. The relationship between mantle length (M L, mm) and fecundity is expressed as Fe = 268M L − 4428 (R 2 = 0.44, p < 0.05, n = 368) and between weight (W , g) and fecundity is Fe = 538W + 573 (R 2 = 0.50, p < 0.05, n = 368). The average fecundity of paper nautilus was 4160 ± 1770 eggs/batch, with high fecundities observed during the months of January, February, and December. Length at 50% maturity was estimated to be 20.1 mm (mantle length), whereas 27.5 mm would be the estimated length for a fully matured female. The stomach of A. hians contained crustaceans, cephalopods, and fish.

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“…This finding is in contrast with Heeger et al 22 , who reported that A. argo in the north of Bohol Island in the Philippines preferred jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata) for food.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 97%

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Meksumpun²,

Nabhitabhata³

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“…Hoving and Haddock [23] provide evidence that this species may feed on gelatinous zooplankton, but crustaceans have also been found in their stomach contents [56]. The strange behavior of holding jellyfish may suggest complex interactions between 6 Journal of Marine Biology the two types of species, because similar interactions [57] have been observed in other cephalopods. Stable isotope analyses suggest H. atlanticus has an intermediate trophic level compared to other cephalopods [58,59], which could be consistent with feeding on gelatinous zooplankton and other types of prey.…”

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Observation of a Gelatinous Octopod, Haliphron atlanticus, along the Southern West Mariana Ridge: A Unique Cephalopod of Continental Slope and Mesopelagic Communities

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Miwa

Watanabe

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Journal of Marine Biology

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The circumglobal deep-sea gelatinous giant octopod, Haliphron atlanticus, reaches 4 m in length and uses both benthic and pelagic habitats in the upper 3000 m of the ocean during different life history stages, but it is rarely observed due to the deep-depths where it typically lives. It has been collected in trawls and observed a few times near continental margins or islands and has been identified in the stomach contents of deep-diving predators such as sperm whales and blue sharks or detected as body fragments after predation events. An individual H. atlanticus (∼1 m in total length) was video-recorded at 12:21 for about 3 minutes in front of the Shinkai 6500 submersible at 586-599 m (6.5 ∘ C, salinity 34.4) along the West Mariana Ridge. It made no escape attempt as the submersible approached and it moved slowly up or down in front of the submersible. It was over the outer seamount-slope (bottom depth ∼3208 m) ∼50 km west of seamounts (≥1529 m summits), but how it fits into the mesopelagic food web along the ridge is unclear. More information is needed to understand the role of H. atlanticus in oceanic food webs and if it typically lives along seamount ridges.

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“…1). P. punctata was also reported from the Danajon Bank, Bohol Island, Philippines (Heeger et al 1992): although Devaney & Eldridge (1977) considered P. pacifica (Light 1921) a synonym for P. punctata, in which case it was present in the Philippines at least as far back as 1921. Additionally, P. punctata appeared in the eastern Mediterranean in 1990 (Galil et al 1990), although a population has not persisted there.…”

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