Kleptopredation
Kleptopredation is a form of feeding in which a predator eats prey after the prey has hunted, consuming both the prey and its recent meal.[1] It is a specific type of kleptoparasitism. The term was first used in an article published in the journal Biology Letters.
Kleptopredation has been observed in
hydroid polyps that have recently eaten zooplankton.[2]
In some organisms, such as benthic mollusc, kleptopredation is a combination of kleptoparasitic competition and direct predation.[3]
References
- ^ Livni, Ephrat (2 November 2017). "Kleptopredation is a new scientific term for super-sizing a meal at sea". Quartz. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- PMC 5719379.
- PMID 29093176.
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