Inverted roles: Spider predation upon Neotropical velvet worms ( Epiperipatus spp.; Onychophora: Peripatidae)

dc.creatorFranco,Rosmery
dc.creatorMonge-Nájera,Julián
dc.date2016-12-01
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-25T14:34:48Z
dc.date.available2023-09-25T14:34:48Z
dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1659-42662016000200171
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8822542
dc.descriptionAbstract 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.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica
dc.relation10.22458/urj.v8i2.1557
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceCuadernos de Investigación UNED v.8 n.2 2016
dc.subjectPredatory behavior
dc.subjectNeotropical invertebrates
dc.subjectspider venom and onychophorans
dc.titleInverted roles: Spider predation upon Neotropical velvet worms ( Epiperipatus spp.; Onychophora: Peripatidae)
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article


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