Amphipod-pteropod associations in the Antarctic Polar Frontal zone and the Weddell Sea
Hyperiid amphipod crustaceans are abundant in Southern Ocean waters from the Polar Frontal Zone to shelf waters where they represent a major prey for fish and seabirds. Hyperiella dilatata has evolved a peculiar anti-predatory behaviour: it abducts chemically-protected, shell-less pteropods from the...
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Biodiversity Journal
2017
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Online Access: | https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/52258/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.f765be72-0270-4f0c-af37-f4a390c30d7c |