Scavenging abyssal benthic amphipods trapped under oligotrophic central North Pacific Gyre waters
✍ Scribed by E. Shulenberger; R. R. Hessler
- Book ID
- 104750666
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 246 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0025-3162
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✦ Synopsis
Two traps baited with fish were placed on the bottom (5720 m) of the central North Pacific Gyre. A total of 1793 lyssianassid amphipods were collected no ovigerous females and no identifiable males were caught. Five amphipod species were represented [I undescribed species of Orchomene; 2 undescribed species of Paralicella; Eurythenes gryllus (Lichtenstein); and Cyclocaris sp.], 2 by single specimens. Amphipod samples give no evidence of size-classes. Evidence for scavenging as the amphipods' primary mode of existence is discussed. Forty-four copepods, of a single harpacticoid genus (Tisbella), were also collected.