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Biol Bull 160: 136-145. (February 1981)
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SELECTIVE PREDATION BY FAVELLA EHRENBERGII (TINTINNIA) ON AND AMONG DINOFLAGELLATES

DIANE STOECKER 1, R. R. L. GUILLARD 1, and RHONDA M. KAVEE 1

1 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543

In culture, the tintinnid Favella ehrenbergii requires dinoflagellates as food. Of the dinoflagellates tested, strain Gymno, Gonyaulax tamarensis, G. polyedra, and Heterocapsa sp. are good foods and Prorocentrum mariaelebouriae is a poor food. Amphidinium carterae, which produces choline-like substances, is not eaten.

Favella recognizes dinoflagellates with very different sizes and morphologies as prey. In mixtures of dinoflagellates and non-dinoflagellates, Favella selectively preys on dinoflagellates. Cryptophytes, haptophytes, chrysophytes, diatoms, prasinophytes, and chlorophytes of suitable size are consumed in small amounts, if at all.

Submitted on July 23, 1980
Accepted on November 20, 1980




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