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+[[!meta title="Diet of anguilloid larvae: leptocephali feed selectively on larvacean houses and fecal pellets."]]
+[[!tag Oikopleura]]
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+Mochioka, N., Iwamizu, M.
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+Marine Biology 125, 447–452 (1996). doi:10.1007/BF00353257
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+Diet of anguilloid larvae: leptocephali feed selectively on larvacean houses and fecal pellets.
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+[[!doi 10.1007/BF00353257 desc="Proposes that “that the peculiar, large, fang-like teeth of leptocephali are used for feed- ing, and evolved to pierce and grasp the mucous houses of larvaceans”. Found houses and fecal pellets that may be from _O. longicauda_."]]
- _O. dioica_ can filter, ingest and defecate the _Emiliania huxleyi_ virus
([[Lawrence and coll., 2018|biblio/10.1002_lno.10734]]). This study does not assess
whether the viruses are digested.
+ - Houses and fecal pellets of _Oikopleura_ species are consumed by eel larvae
+ ([[Mochioka and Iwamizu, 1996|biblio/10.1007_BF00353257]]).
### Distribution in and near Japan