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Ecological notes on Actinostella flosculifera (Le Sueur, 1817) (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Actiniidae) in the South-western Atlantic, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2023

Jeferson A. Durán-Fuentes Open the ORCID record for Jeferson A. Durán-Fuentes [Opens in a new window] ,
Flávio Mendes ,
Rogério Caetano da Costa ,
Régis Augusto Pescinelli Open the ORCID record for Régis Augusto Pescinelli [Opens in a new window] ,
Sergio R. Floeter  and
Sérgio N. Stampar
Jeferson A. Durán-Fuentes*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Evolution and Aquatic Diversity (LEDA), Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil
Flávio Mendes
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia de Insetos Aquáticos, Universidade Vila Velha, Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Rogério Caetano da Costa
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Biology of Marine and Freshwater Shrimp (LABCAM), Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil
Régis Augusto Pescinelli
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Biology of Marine and Freshwater Shrimp (LABCAM), Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil
Sergio R. Floeter
Affiliation:
Marine Macroecology and Biogeography Lab, Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
Sérgio N. Stampar
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Evolution and Aquatic Diversity (LEDA), Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil
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Author for correspondence: Jeferson A. Durán-Fuentes, E-mail: jeferson.duran-fuentes@unesp.br
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Abstract

Sea anemones have developed various strategies for interspecific interaction with other organisms and their own ability to obtain food, due to their coevolutionary history, ranging from mutualistic (e.g. clownfish, crustaceans, etc.) and symbiotic associations (zooxanthellae or zoochlorellae) to depredation (e.g. sea slug). This study aims to record some observations on feeding habits and interspecific interactions of Actinostella flosculifera (Le Sueur, 1817) in the locality of Pedra da Sereia in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil, and to describe the hunting strategy of the sea slug Spurilla braziliana MacFarland, 1909 and the escape strategy of A. flosculifera. We found that the habitat of A. flosculifera is characterized by shallow pools ~10 cm deep at low tides, and this functions as a trap for many organisms and some biowaste (e.g. bones or fish drifting in from nearby populations) that fall into the oral disc. This is the first report of S. braziliana predating on A. flosculifera. We also report interspecific relationships between A. flosculifera with four species of crustaceans: Omalacantha bicornuta (Latreille, 1825), Menippe cf. nodifrons Stimpson, 1859, Alpheus cf. angulosus McClure, 2002, and Alpheus cf. carlae Anker, 2012.

Keywords

Defence strategiesfeeding behaviourfishsea anemonesymbiotic interactions
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Marine Record
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 103 , 2023 , e20
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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