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

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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Main Authors: Barquero González, José Pablo, Vega-Hidalgo, Alvaro, Monge-Nájera, Julián
Format: Digital revista
Language:eng
Published: Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica 2019
Online Access:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/2195
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