Mucophagy
Mucophagy(literally "mucus feeding" ) is defined as the act of feeding onmucusoffishesorinvertebrates.[1]Also, it may refer to consumption of mucus or dried mucus inprimates.
There are mucophagousparasites,such as some types ofsea licethat attach themselves togillsegments of fish.[2]In addition, these mucophages may serve as cleaners of other animals, usually fishes.[3]
Another usage of this term is in reference to the feeding organ rich in mucous cells in which water is pumped, feeding particles get entrapped in mucus, and the latter proceeds into theesophagus.[4]
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- ^Thresher, Ronald E. (1979)."Possible Mucophagy by Juvenile Holacanthus tricolor (Pisces: Pomacanthidae)".Copeia.1979(1): 160–162.doi:10.2307/1443747.ISSN0045-8511.JSTOR1443747.
- ^Pathogenesis of Wild and Farmed SeafishArchived2006-11-16 at theWayback Machine
- ^Gorlick, Dennis L. (1980)."Ingestion of Host Fish Surface Mucus by the Hawaiian Cleaning Wrasse, Labroides phthirophagus (Labridae), and Its Effect on Host Species Preference".Copeia.1980(4): 863–868.doi:10.2307/1444466.ISSN0045-8511.JSTOR1444466.
- ^Bauchot, Roland; Ridet, Jean-Marc; Diagne, Monique (1993)."The epibranchial organ, its innervation and its probable functioning in Heterotis niloticus (Pisces, teleostei, osteoglossidae)".Environmental Biology of Fishes.37(3): 307–315.doi:10.1007/BF00004638.S2CID9644212.
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