Amphipod-pteropod associations in the Antarctic Polar Frontal zone and the Weddell Sea

• Main Authors: Havermans, Charlotte, Auel, Holger, Held, Christoph, Hagen, Wilhelm
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Biodiversity Journal 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; McClintock; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Icefish
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/52258/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.f765be72-0270-4f0c-af37-f4a390c30d7c

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...