The hemisessile lifestyle and feeding strategies of Iosactis vagabunda (Actiniaria, Iosactiidae), a dominant megafaunal species of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain
The hemisessile lifestyle and feeding strategies of Iosactis vagabunda (Actiniaria, Iosactiidae), a dominant megafaunal species of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain
Iosactis vagabunda Riemann-Zürneck, 1997 (Actiniaria, Iosactiidae) is a small endomyarian anemone, recently quantified as the greatest contributor to megafaunal density (48%; 2372 individuals ha?1) on the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP). We used time-lapse photography to observe 18 individuals over a period of approximately 20 months at 8-h intervals, and one individual over 2 weeks at 20-mine intervals, and report observations on its burrowing activity, and both deposit and predatory feeding behaviours. We recorded the apparent subsurface movement of an individual from an abandoned burrow to a new location, and burrow creation there. Raptorial deposit feeding on settled phytodetritus particles was observed, as was predation on a polychaete 6-times the estimated biomass of the anemone. Though essentially unnoticed in prior studies of the PAP, I. vagabunda may be a key component of the benthic community, and may make a critical contribution to the carbon cycling at the PAP long-term time-series study site.
Deep-sea, Megafauna, Actiniaria, Behaviour, Burrowing, Predation
72-77
Durden, Jennifer M.
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Bett, Brian J.
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Ruhl, Henry A.
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August 2015
Durden, Jennifer M.
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Bett, Brian J.
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Ruhl, Henry A.
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Durden, Jennifer M., Bett, Brian J. and Ruhl, Henry A.
(2015)
The hemisessile lifestyle and feeding strategies of Iosactis vagabunda (Actiniaria, Iosactiidae), a dominant megafaunal species of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain.
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 102, .
(doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2015.04.010).
Abstract
Iosactis vagabunda Riemann-Zürneck, 1997 (Actiniaria, Iosactiidae) is a small endomyarian anemone, recently quantified as the greatest contributor to megafaunal density (48%; 2372 individuals ha?1) on the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP). We used time-lapse photography to observe 18 individuals over a period of approximately 20 months at 8-h intervals, and one individual over 2 weeks at 20-mine intervals, and report observations on its burrowing activity, and both deposit and predatory feeding behaviours. We recorded the apparent subsurface movement of an individual from an abandoned burrow to a new location, and burrow creation there. Raptorial deposit feeding on settled phytodetritus particles was observed, as was predation on a polychaete 6-times the estimated biomass of the anemone. Though essentially unnoticed in prior studies of the PAP, I. vagabunda may be a key component of the benthic community, and may make a critical contribution to the carbon cycling at the PAP long-term time-series study site.
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Accepted/In Press date: March 2015
Published date: August 2015
Keywords:
Deep-sea, Megafauna, Actiniaria, Behaviour, Burrowing, Predation
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Ocean and Earth Science, Marine Biogeochemistry
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Local EPrints ID: 376897
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/376897
ISSN: 0967-0637
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Jennifer M. Durden
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Brian J. Bett
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Henry A. Ruhl
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