Feeding behavior of Costa Rican velvet worms: food hiding, parental feeding investment and ontogenetic diet shift (Onychophora: Peripatidae)
We report, for the first time in onychophorans, food hiding, parental feeding investment and an ontogenetic diet shift two weeks after birth: from the parent’s adhesive used to capture prey, to the prey itself.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED)
2019-02-01
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| Series: | Cuadernos de investigación UNED |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/2195 |