Roe Pamela
Biol Bull. 1984 Oct;167(2):426-436. doi: 10.2307/1541287.
Details of the suctorial feeding behavior of some species of Carcinonemertes on crab eggs are described. Under laboratory conditions juvenile and male worms ate an average of 0.6-0.7 crab egg/day. Females ate 2-3 eggs/day. Laboratory feeding rates of worms from different hosts were similar when worms were fed eggs of the same host. No worms ate lobster eggs. Worms grown under laboratory conditions tended to be smaller than similar-aged worms found on hosts. Female worms fed natural host eggs or eggs of unnatural hosts started laying egg strings in a variable number of days. More variability in timing of egg production was observed within a worm species than between species when fed on the same host's eggs. Mating behavior is described for the first time for a species of Carcinonemertes.
本文描述了某些蟹奴虫物种对蟹卵的吸食性取食行为细节。在实验室条件下，幼体和雄虫平均每天吃掉0.6 - 0.7个蟹卵。雌虫每天吃掉2 - 3个卵。当用同一宿主的卵喂养时，来自不同宿主的虫体在实验室中的取食率相似。没有虫体吃龙虾卵。在实验室条件下生长的虫体往往比在宿主上发现的同龄虫体小。喂食天然宿主卵或非天然宿主卵的雌虫在不同天数后开始产卵串。当以同一宿主的卵为食时，在一个虫种内观察到的产卵时间变异性比不同虫种之间更大。首次描述了一种蟹奴虫的交配行为。
