New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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ROCK LOBSTERS FEEDING ON OYSTERS (NOTE)

R. W. HlCKMAN

Fisheries Research Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract Captive rock lobsters (Jasus edwardsii) were able to open and eat live dredge oysters {Ostrea lutaria) by progressively breaking away the shell edges with the mandibles and walking legs. Oysters are probably of only slight significance in the natural diet of rock lobsters.

N.Z. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 6 (4) : 641-4
(Received for publication 7 July 1972)

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