(full paper is archived in the Miller Library)
Title: The feeding habits of two Epitonium species; Evidence for a chemosensory method of locating anemones and for the existence of a toxin produced by Epitonium
Student Author(s): Salo, Sigrid
Faculty Advisor(s): Fuhrman, F. A.
Pages: 17
Location: Final Papers Biology 175H
Date: June 1975
Keywords: sea anemones
Abstract: Epitonium tinctum and E. indianorum are two mesogastropods which feed predomimantly on the tentacles of various anemones. Laboratory experiments show that they may locate anemones using a chemosensory method. Both produce a purple dye, which may be a carotenoid; and both produce a toxin or anesthetic which is either a large molecule or is attached to a large molecule. The toxin inhibits the compound action potential of the sciatic nerve of Rana pipiens and also the contractions of tentacle from Tealia crassicornis.
Notes: Publ 1977, Veliger 20: 168-172