Inverted roles: Spider predation upon Neotropical velvet worms ( Epiperipatus spp.; Onychophora: Peripatidae)
AbstractVelvet worms are ancient predators with Cambrian origins that occasionally prey on Ctenid spiders. Here we report the opposite case: wolf spiders (Ctenus spp.) feeding on Epiperipatus spp. in Colombia and Costa Rica. Apparently the worms could not expel their defensive adhesive, and the effi...
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica
2016
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1659-42662016000200171 |
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