Habitat utilization and seasonal pattern of movement of the intertidal whelk Muricodrupa fusca

Tomoko Yamamoto

doi:10.5179/benthos1996.52.1_35

Tomoko Yamamoto

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キーワード: tidepool, intertidal, habitat, seasonal migration, Muricodrupa fusca

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1997 年 52 巻 1 号 p. 35-46

DOI https://doi.org/10.5179/benthos1996.52.1_35

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Published: 1997/06/16 Received: 1996/07/27 Available on J-STAGE: 2009/08/07 Accepted: 1997/02/24 Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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訂正日: 2009/08/07 訂正理由: - 訂正箇所: 引用文献情報訂正内容: Wrong : Abe, N. 1980 Food and feeding habit of some carnivorous gastropods (preliminary report). Benthos Research, 19:39-47 (in Japanese).
Abe, N. 1983 Breeding of Thais clavigera (Küster) and predation of its eggs by Cronia margariticola (Broderip). In, Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, Morton, B, and D. Dudgeon (eds.), Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, pp.381-392.
Abe, N. 1985 Two forms of Thais clavigera (Küster, 1858). Venus, 44:15-26.
Abe, N. 1989a Prey value to the carnivorous gastropods Morula musiva (Kiener) and the two forms of Thais clavigera (Küster): effect of foraging duration and abandonment of prey. Malacologia, 30:373-395.
Abe, N. 1989b Interactions between carnivorous gastropods and their sessile animal prey at a rocky intertidal shore. Physiology and Ecology Japan, 26:1-38.
Butler, A. J. 1979 Relationships between height on the shore and size distributions of Thais spp. (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 41:163-194.
Connell, J. H. 1961 Effects of competition, predation by Thais lapillus, and other factors on natural populations of the barnacle Balanus balanoides. Ecological Monographs, 40:49-78.
Dethier, M. N. 1980 Tidepools as refuges: predation and the limits of the harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus californicus (Beker). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 42:99-111.
Emson, R. H., 1985. Life history patterns in rock pool animals. In, The ecology of rocky coasts, P. G. Moore and R. Seed (eds.), Hodder and Stoughton, London, pp.220-222.
Fairweather, P. G. 1988 Movements of intertidal whelks (Morula marginalba and Thais orbita) in relation to availability of prey and shelter. Marine Biology, 100:63-68.
Feare, C. J. 1970 Aspects of the ecology of an exposed shore population of dogwhelks Nucella lapillus (L.). Oecologia, 5:1-18.
Grahame, J. and F. S. Hanna 1989 Factors affecting the distribution of the epiphytic fauna of Corallina officinalis (L.) on an exposed rocky shore. Ophelia, 30:113-129.
Huggett, J. and C. L. Griffiths 1986 Some relationships between elevation, physicochemical variables and biota of intertidal rock pools. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 29:189-197.
Hughes, R. N. and M. T. Burrows 1991 Diet selection by dogwhelks in the field: an example of constrained optimization. Animal Behavior, 42:47-55.
Hughes, R. N. and M. T. Burrows 1993 Predation behaviour of the intertidal snail, Nucella lapillus, and its effect on community structure. In, Mutualism and community organization, Kawanabe, H., J. E. Cohen and K. Iwasaki (eds.), Oxford Science Publications, Oxford, pp.63-83.
Kohn, A. J. and P. J. Leviten 1976 Effect of habitat complexity on population density and species richness in tropical intertidal predatory gastropod assemblages. Oecologia, 25:199-210.
Menge, B. A. 1976 Organization of the New England rocky intertidal community: Role of predation, competition, and environmental heterogeneity. Ecological Monographs, 46:355-393.
Menge, B. A. 1978 Predation intensity in a rocky intertidal community. Relation between predator foraging activity and environmental harshness. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 34:1-16.
Metaxas, A, and R. E. Scheibling 1993 Community structure and organization of tidepools. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 93:187-198.
Moran, M. J. 1985a Distribution and dispersion of the predatory intertidal gastropod Morula marginalba. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 22:41-52.
Moran, M. J. 1985b The timing and significance of sheltering and foraging behaviour of the predatory intertidal gastropod Morula marginalba Blainville (Muricidae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 93:103-114.
Morgan, P. R. 1972 The influence of prey availability on the distribution and predatory behaviour of Nucella lapillus (L.). Journal of Animal Ecology, 41:257-274.
Newell, R. C. 1970 Biology of intertidal animals, Paul Elek (Scientific Books) Limited, London, 555pp.
Taylor, J. D. 1976 Habitats, abundance and diets of Muricacean gastropods at Aldabra Atoll. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 59:155-193.
Trowbridge, C. D. 1994 Life at the edge: Population dynamics and salinity tolerance of a high intertidal, pool-dwelling ascoglossan opisthobranch on New Zealand rocky shores. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 182:65-84.
Underwood, A. J. 1975 Intertidal zonation of prosobranch gastropods: analysis of densities of four co-existing species. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 19:197-216.
Underwood, A. J. 1976 Analysis of patterns of distribution of intertidal prosobranch gastropods in relation to macroalgae and rock-pools. Oecologia, 25:145-154.
Yamamoto, T. 1992 Differences in species composition among closely spaced tide-pools and the factors involved. Nanki seibutu, 34:11-15. (in Japanese)
Yamamoto, T. 1993 Foraging rhythm of the whelk Muricodrupa fusca (Küster) (Muricidae) in intertidal rockpools. Benthos Research, 45:43-48. (in Japanese)
Yamamoto, T. 1997 Mode of reproduction and larval development of the tide pool dwelling whelk Muricodrupa fusca. Venus, 56 (in press)

Right : Abe, N. 1980 Food and feeding habit of some carnivorous gastropods (preliminary report). Benthos Research, 19:39-47 (in Japanese).
Abe, N. 1983 Breeding of Thais clavigera (Küster) and predation of its eggs by Cronia margariticola (Broderip). In, Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, Morton, B, and D. Dudgeon (eds.), Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, pp.381-392.
Abe, N. 1985 Two forms of Thais clavigera (Küster, 1858). Venus, 44:15-26.
Abe, N. 1989a Prey value to the carnivorous gastropods Morula musiva (Kiener) and the two forms of Thais clavigera (Küster): effect of foraging duration and abandonment of prey. Malacologia, 30:373-395.
Abe, N. 1989b Interactions between carnivorous gastropods and their sessile animal prey at a rocky intertidal shore. Physiology and Ecology Japan, 26:1-38.
Butler, A. J. 1979 Relationships between height on the shore and size distributions of Thais spp. (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 41:163-194.
Connell, J. H. 1961 Effects of competition, predation by Thais lapillus, and other factors on natural populations of the barnacle Balanus balanoides. Ecological Monographs, 40:49-78.
Dethier, M. N. 1980 Tidepools as refuges: predation and the limits of the harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus californicus (Beker). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 42:99-111.
Emson, R. H., 1985. Life history patterns in rock pool animals. In, The ecology of rocky coasts, P. G. Moore and R. Seed (eds.), Hodder and Stoughton, London, pp.220-222.
Fairweather, P. G. 1988 Movements of intertidal whelks (Morula marginalba and Thais orbita) in relation to availability of prey and shelter. Marine Biology, 100:63-68.
Feare, C. J. 1970 Aspects of the ecology of an exposed shore population of dogwhelks Nucella lapillus (L.). Oecologia, 5:1-18.
Grahame, J. and F. S. Hanna 1989 Factors affecting the distribution of the epiphytic fauna of Corallina officinalis (L.) on an exposed rocky shore. Ophelia, 30:113-129.
Huggett, J. and C. L. Griffiths 1986 Some relationships between elevation, physicochemical variables and biota of intertidal rock pools. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 29:189-197.
Hughes, R. N. and M. T. Burrows 1991 Diet selection by dogwhelks in the field: an example of constrained optimization. Animal Behavior, 42:47-55.
Hughes, R. N. and M. T. Burrows 1993 Predation behaviour of the intertidal snail, Nucella lapillus, and its effect on community structure. In, Mutualism and community organization, Kawanabe, H., J. E. Cohen and K. Iwasaki (eds.), Oxford Science Publications, Oxford, pp.63-83.
Kohn, A. J. and P. J. Leviten 1976 Effect of habitat complexity on population density and species richness in tropical intertidal predatory gastropod assemblages. Oecologia, 25:199-210.
Menge, B. A. 1976 Organization of the New England rocky intertidal community: Role of predation, competition, and environmental heterogeneity. Ecological Monographs, 46:355-393.
Menge, B. A. 1978 Predation intensity in a rocky intertidal community. Relation between predator foraging activity and environmental harshness. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 34:1-16.
Metaxas, A, and R. E. Scheibling 1993 Community structure and organization of tidepools. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 93:187-198.
Moran, M. J. 1985a Distribution and dispersion of the predatory intertidal gastropod Morula marginalba. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 22:41-52.
Moran, M. J. 1985b The timing and significance of sheltering and foraging behaviour of the predatory intertidal gastropod Morula marginalba Blainville (Muricidae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 93:103-114.
Morgan, P. R. 1972 The influence of prey availability on the distribution and predatory behaviour of Nucella lapillus (L.). Journal of Animal Ecology, 41:257-274.
Newell, R. C. 1970 Biology of intertidal animals, Paul Elek (Scientific Books) Limited, London, 555pp.
Taylor, J. D. 1976 Habitats, abundance and diets of Muricacean gastropods at Aldabra Atoll. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 59:155-193.
Trowbridge, C. D. 1994 Life at the edge: Population dynamics and salinity tolerance of a high intertidal, pool-dwelling ascoglossan opisthobranch on New Zealand rocky shores. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 182:65-84.
Underwood, A. J. 1975 Intertidal zonation of prosobranch gastropods: analysis of densities of four co-existing species. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 19:197-216.
Underwood, A. J. 1976 Analysis of patterns of distribution of intertidal prosobranch gastropods in relation to macroalgae and rock-pools. Oecologia, 25:145-154.
Yamamoto, T. 1992 Differences in species composition among closely spaced tide-pools and the factors involved. Nanki seibutu, 34:11-15. (in Japanese)
Yamamoto, T. 1993 Foraging rhythm of the whelk Muricodrupa fusca (Küster) (Muricidae) in intertidal rockpools. Benthos Research, 45:43-48. (in Japanese)
Yamamoto, T. 1997 Mode of reproduction and larval development of the tide pool dwelling whelk Muricodrupa fusca. Venus, 56 (in press)

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The micro-habitat, size composition, and movement pattern of the muricid snail Muricodrupa fusca were investigated. In contrast to two other muricids, Morula musiva and Thais clavigera, this species exclusively inhabits tidepools and its shell size is small. The adaptive implications of its small size are discussed in relation to the environmental conditions of its main habitat. Small size presents some advantages for living in tidepools with limited food resources. The major disadvantages of a small size, namely low tolerance to desiccation and increased vulnerability to predators, appear to be avoided by inhabiting tidepools. Mu. fusca moved landward in September and seaward in February, and reproduction is proposed as the reason for this migration.

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