Inverted roles: Spider predation upon Neotropical velvet worms (Epiperipatus spp.; Onychophora: Peripatidae)
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| Auteurs: | , |
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Statut: | Versión publicada |
| Date de publication: | 2016 |
| Description: | Velvet worms are ancient predators with Cambrian origins that occasionally prey on Ctenid spiders. Here we report the opposite case: wolf spiders (Ctenus spp.) feeding on Epiperipatus spp. in Colombia and Costa Rica. Apparently the worms could not expel their defensive adhesive, and the efficacy of the spider venom suggests that onychophoran nerves and muscles are biochemically equivalent to those of insects. |
| Pays: | Portal de Revistas UNED |
| Institution: | Universidad Estatal a Distancia |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNED |
| Langue: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/1557 |
| Accès en ligne: | https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/1557 |
| Mots-clés: | Predatory behavior Neotropical invertebrates spider venom and onychophorans Comportamiento depredador invertebrados neotropicales veneno de araña y onicóforos. |