Diet of worms: a study of polychaete feeding guilds

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 UTC 1979 · Oceanogr. Mar. Biol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6820297

Fauchald, K ^[1]; Jumars, P A

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1. Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles

Current information on the eating habits of polychaetes are reviewed. The polychaete families are arranged in alphabetical order and the feeding habits of each are summarized. Feeding guilds are defined based on a joint consideration of food, eating habits, and locomotory patterns. An understanding of the sympatric occurrance in the deep sea of several congeners with extremely limited morphological differentiation was of particular interest. This review contains 355 references, 23 figures, and 33 tables.

• OSTI ID: 6820297
• Journal Information: Oceanogr. Mar. Biol.; (United States), Journal Name: Oceanogr. Mar. Biol.; (United States) Vol. 17; ISSN OCMBA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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