[Annelida] Food of Spionid larvae

[Bruno Pernet]

Another useful source might be this recent paper:  

B Hansen, H Jakobsen, A Andersen, 2010. Swimming behavior and prey retention of the polychaete larvae Polydora ciliata (Johnston). Journal of Experimental Biology 213:3237-3246

However, there is certainly interspecific variation in feeding mechanism in spionid larvae, so larvae of different species may feed on foods of different types.  E.g., larvae of Streblospio benedicti feed using opposed bands of cilia, but larvae of at least some other spionids feed using other (unknown) mechanisms.  See B Pernet, L McArthur, 2006. Feeding by larvae of two different developmental modes in Streblospio benedicti (Polychaeta: Spionidae). Marine Biology 149:803-811.

Bruno

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On Dec 14, 2010, at 6:58 AM, Daniel Martin Sintes wrote:

> Hi David,
> 
> some time ago, we did an experimental study on the influence of meroplanktonic larvae on some holoplanktonic organisms. Maybe our results may help you. You may get the PDF by browsing at my personal web site or (more easily) by directly following the link
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> http://www.ceab.csic.es/~dani/grazing.pdf
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