Known prey organisms
Lumbriculiid type I (Lumbriculiid Type 'I') preys on:
Plant material
organic detritus
Achnanthes lanceolata
Gomphoneis herculeana var. robusta
Navicula avenacea
Synedra ulna
Cyanobacteria
Rhoicosphenia curvata
Tabellaria flocculosa
Based on studies in:
New Zealand: Otago, North Col, Silver catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Sutton Stream, Taieri River, Sutton catchment (River)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
Plant material
organic detritus
Achnanthes lanceolata
Gomphoneis herculeana var. robusta
Navicula avenacea
Synedra ulna
Cyanobacteria
Rhoicosphenia curvata
Tabellaria flocculosa
Based on studies in:
New Zealand: Otago, North Col, Silver catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Sutton Stream, Taieri River, Sutton catchment (River)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- Townsend, CR, Thompson, RM, McIntosh, AR, Kilroy, C, Edwards, ED, Scarsbrook, MR. 1998. Disturbance, resource supply and food-web architecture in streams. Ecology Letters 1:200-209.
