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First record of consumption of adult sea hare by parrotfish in the South Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2014

Ana Luisa Pires Moreira  and
Ierecê Lucena Rosa
Ana Luisa Pires Moreira*
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia
Ierecê Lucena Rosa
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A.L. Moreira, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, João Pessoa, PB, Brasil, CEP: 58051-900 email: luisa.pmoreira@yahoo.com.br
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Abstract

Natural feeding on freshly dead spotted sea hares Aplysia dactylomela by reef fish Sparisoma frondosum at wild was registered and described for the first time, from two different observations made on the north-eastern coast of Brazil, South Atlantic.

Keywords

natural feedingAplysiaSparisomaBrazil
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e83
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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