Diet assessment of two land planarian species using high-throughput sequencing data.

ABSTRACT: Geoplanidae (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) feed on soil invertebrates. Observations of their predatory behavior in nature are scarce, and most of the information has been obtained from food preference experiments. Although these experiments are based on a wide variety of prey, this catalog is often far from being representative of the fauna present in the natural habitat of planarians. As some geoplanid species have recently become invasive, obtaining accurate knowledge about their feeding habits is crucial for the development of plans to control and prevent their expansion. Using high throughput sequencing data, we perform a metagenomic analysis to identify the in situ diet of two endemic and codistributed species of geoplanids from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Imbira marcusi and Cephalo

SUBMITTER: Cuevas-Caballe C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6581950 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature