In the present study, the sediment reworking rates, irrigation rates, and activity patterns of Axiotheata rubrocincta have been investigated. The results are compared with studies of other deposit feeding polychaetes.
Because sediment ingestion is a feeding process, it has been necessary to examine some aspects of the feeding morphology and ecology of A. rubrocincta. Some of these findings differed from the results of Spies (MS.). The feeding biology and morphology of two additional maldanidae, Clymenella sp. and Praxillella affinis pacifica (Berkeley, 1929) have been studied. These finding are compared with earlier studies on maldanid genera and species by Pilgrim (1965b, 1966a).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:pacific.edu/oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-2733 |
| Date | 01 January 1971 |
| Creators | Kudenov, Jerry David |
| Publisher | Scholarly Commons |
| Source Sets | University of the Pacific |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations |
Page generated in 0.0014 seconds