List members,
Has anyone seen, heard of, have references to, polychaetes being
caught with fishing line and hook?
Just the other day, someone brought in what they thought was a marine
caterpillar !!, which had impaled itself on a hook. It turned out to be a
large amphinomid (Chloeia ?flava). The person caught it using a piece
of meat (of dead cow!) as bait.
Two things struck me: Firstly that amphinomids are often described as
predators, but here was a clear case of carrion feeding ( perhaps
''carnivorous - predatory or scavenging'' is a more accurate description
for the feeding behaviour of the group); and secondly, How widespread
is the phenomenon of polychaetes being caught, accidentally (or by
intention), by hook and line. The intentional catching of acoetids in the
Mediterranean is mentioned in Polychaetes and Allies, Fauna of Australia
(p. 115). Any other families?
It might be worth a short note in an appropriate journal/magazine, so any
respondents are potential authors!!
Cheers,
Chris
Dr Chris Glasby
Curator of Worms
Natural Sciences
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
GPO Box 4646
Darwin NT 0801
AUSTRALIA
Email: chris.glasby at nt.gov.au
Ph: +61-8-8999 8108
Fax: +61-8-8999 8289
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