Kleptopredation
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Form of feeding
Kleptopredation is a form of feeding in which a predator eats prey after the prey has hunted, consuming both the prey and its recent meal.[1] It is a specific type of kleptoparasitism. The term was first used in an article published in the journal Biology Letters .
Kleptopredation has been observed in nudibranchs, who may target hydroid polyps that have recently eaten zooplankton.[2]
In some organisms, such as benthic mollusc, kleptopredation is a combination of kleptoparasitic competition and direct predation.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ Livni, Ephrat (2 November 2017). "Kleptopredation is a new scientific term for super-sizing a meal at sea". Quartz. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ Kimberly, T. L.; Willis, Trevor J.; et al. (1 November 2017). "Kleptopredation: a mechanism to facilitate planktivory in a benthic mollusc". Biology Letters. 13 (11). Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0447 . PMC 5719379 .
- ^ Willis, Trevor J.; Berglöf, Kimberly T. L.; McGill, Rona A. R.; Musco, Luigi; Piraino, Stefano; Rumsey, Claire M.; Fernández, Tomás Vega; Badalamenti, Fabio (2017年11月30日). "Kleptopredation: a mechanism to facilitate planktivory in a benthic mollusc". Biology Letters. 13 (11): 20170447. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0447. PMC 5719379 . PMID 29093176.
