Salpivory by colonial reef corals at Curaçao, Southern Caribbean

Lars J. V. Ter Horst; Bert Hoeksema

doi:10.3390/d13110560

Salpivory by colonial reef corals at Curaçao, Southern Caribbean

Lars J. V. Ter Horst, Bert Hoeksema^*

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Conservation Ecology Group

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A salp swarm was observed in Director’s Bay, Curaçao in July 2021, where salps were caught and consumed by three scleractinian colonial reef corals: Madracis auretenra, Locke, Weil & Coates, 2017; Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758), and Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767). The first two scleractinians are newly recorded salpivores. Since the coral polyps were collaborating, predation was not restricted by polyp size. This is the first detailed report on salpivorous corals in the Caribbean.

Original language	English
Article number	560
Number of pages	4
Journal	Diversity
Volume	13
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/d13110560
Publication status	Published - 3-Nov-2021

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polyp collaboration
Salpidae
salpivores
salpivorous
salp swarm

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