A survival pack for escaping predation in the open ocean: amphipod – pteropod associations in the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Marine Biodiversity
• Main Authors: Havermans, Charlotte, Hagen, Wilhelm, Zeidler, Wolfgang, Held, Christoph, Auel, Holger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG 2018
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Clione limacina; Icefish; Lazarev Sea; Limacina antarctica; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48028/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48028/1/Havermansetal2018_MarineBiodiversity.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.157a8ac5-1665-4c07-b3fb-2458ab04ff02

Hyperiidean amphipods are a major prey for fish and seabirds. In the Southern Ocean, they are particularly abundant, with distributions ranging from the Polar Frontal Zone to Antarctic shelf waters. The species Hyperiella dilatata has previously been reported to show a peculiar anti-predatory behavi...