Predatory behavior of the cave shrimp Creaseria morleyi (Creaser, 1936) (Caridea: Palaemonidae), the blind hunter of the Yucatán cenotes, Mexico

M. Chávez-Solís, Efraín; M. Mejía‐Ortíz, Luis; Simões, Nuno

doi:10.1093/jcbiol/rux098

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Predatory behavior of the cave shrimp Creaseria morleyi (Creaser, 1936) (Caridea: Palaemonidae), the blind hunter of the Yucatán cenotes, Mexico

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Authors:

Efraín M. Chávez-Solís

Luis M. Mejía‐Ortíz

Nuno Simões

Abstract

Recent studies of the trophic structure of the underwater cave ecosystems in the Yucatán Peninsula have regarded the largest crustacean inhabitant, the blind palaemonid shrimp Creaseria morleyi (Creaser, 1936), as a scavenger and predator without any evidence on the behavior of the shrimp. The preda...

Subject

Palaemonidae

Biology

Predation

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