Feeding behavior of Costa Rican velvet worms: food hiding, parental feeding investment and ontogenetic diet shift (Onychophora: Peripatidae)

Feeding behavior of Costa Rican velvet worms: food hiding, parental feeding investment and ontogenetic diet shift (Onychophora: Peripatidae)

Authors

  • José Pablo Barquero González Universidad Nacional, Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Heredia, Costa Rica
  • Alvaro Vega-Hidalgo Universidad Nacional, Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Heredia, Costa Rica https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4088-8027
  • Julián Monge-Nájera Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Laboratorio de Ecología Urbana, 2050 San José, Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v11i2.2195

Keywords:

feeding behavior, Peripatidae, Panarthropoda behavior, undescribed Costa Rican onychophorans, parental investment

Abstract

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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2019-02-26

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Barquero González, J. P., Vega-Hidalgo, A., & Monge-Nájera, J. (2019). Feeding behavior of Costa Rican velvet worms: food hiding, parental feeding investment and ontogenetic diet shift (Onychophora: Peripatidae). UNED Research Journal, 11(2), 85–88. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v11i2.2195

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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2019)

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