Predation of coral-feeding nudibranch by Goniopora lobata in the laboratory

2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Ho Leung Tsang ◽  
Tsz Yan Ng ◽  
Kwan Ting Wong ◽  
Put Ang
Keyword(s):  
Coral Feeding

scholarly journals You are what you eat: diet-induced chemical crypsis in a coral-feeding reef fish

2015 ◽  
Vol 282 (1799) ◽  
pp. 20141887 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohan M. Brooker ◽  
Philip L. Munday ◽  
Douglas P. Chivers ◽  
Geoffrey P. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Visual Perception ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Olfactory Discrimination ◽  
Chemical Components ◽  
Potential Mechanism ◽  
Coral Feeding ◽  
Chemosensory Systems ◽  
Oxymonacanthus Longirostris

The vast majority of research into the mechanisms of camouflage has focused on forms that confound visual perception. However, many organisms primarily interact with their surroundings using chemosensory systems and may have evolved mechanisms to ‘blend in’ with chemical components of their habitat. One potential mechanism is ‘chemical crypsis' via the sequestration of dietary elements, causing a consumer's odour to chemically match that of its prey. Here, we test the potential for chemical crypsis in the coral-feeding filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris , by examining olfactory discrimination in obligate coral-dwelling crabs and a predatory cod. The crabs, which inhabit the corals consumed by O. longirostris , were used as a bioassay to determine the effect of coral diet on fish odour. Crabs preferred the odour of filefish fed their preferred coral over the odour of filefish fed a non-preferred coral, suggesting coral-specific dietary elements that influence odour are sequestered. Crabs also exhibited a similar preference for the odour of filefish fed their preferred coral and odour directly from that coral, suggesting a close chemical match. In behavioural trials, predatory cod were less attracted to filefish odour when presented alongside the coral it had been fed on, suggesting diet can reduce detectability. This is, we believe, the first evidence of diet-induced chemical crypsis in a vertebrate.

scholarly journals A new species of coral-feeding nudibranch (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Gulf of Thailand

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahul Mehrotra ◽  
Spencer Arnold ◽  
Adam Wang ◽  
Suchana Chavanich ◽  
Bert W. Hoeksema ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Gulf Of Thailand ◽  
Coral Feeding ◽  
The Gulf Of Thailand ◽  
A New Species

Heterospecific Aggression and Dominance in a Guild of Coral-Feeding Fishes: The Roles of Dietary Ecology and Phylogeny

2013 ◽  
Vol 182 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane A. Blowes ◽  
Morgan S. Pratchett ◽  
Sean R. Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Ecology ◽  
Coral Feeding ◽  
Heterospecific Aggression

Contact with seaweed alters prey selectivity in a coral-feeding reef fish

2017 ◽  
Vol 580 ◽  
pp. 239-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
RM Brooker ◽  
TL Sih ◽  
DL Dixson
Keyword(s):  
Reef Fish ◽  
Prey Selectivity ◽  
Coral Feeding

Evolutionary history of the butterflyfishes (f: Chaetodontidae) and the rise of coral feeding fishes

2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. BELLWOOD ◽  
S. KLANTEN ◽  
P. F. COWMAN ◽  
M. S. PRATCHETT ◽  
N. KONOW ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Coral Feeding

scholarly journals Coral-feeding wrasse scars massive Porites colonies

Coral Reefs ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Cole ◽  
M. S. Pratchett ◽  
G. P. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Coral Feeding ◽  
Massive Porites

scholarly journals Vortex-induced vibrations: a soft coral feeding strategy?

2021 ◽  
Vol 916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mouad Boudina ◽  
Frédérick P. Gosselin ◽  
Stéphane Étienne
Keyword(s):  
Soft Coral ◽  
Feeding Strategy ◽  
Vortex Induced Vibrations ◽  
Coral Feeding

Abstract

scholarly journals Coral-feeding fishes slow progression of black-band disease

Coral Reefs ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 965-965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Cole ◽  
Karen M. Chong Seng ◽  
Morgan S. Pratchett ◽  
Geoffrey P. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Black Band Disease ◽  
Slow Progression ◽  
Black Band ◽  
Coral Feeding
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