Killer whale Orcinus orca predation on sunfish Mola mola

Conor Ryan; J. M.C. Holmes

doi:10.1017/S1755267211001187

Killer whale Orcinus orca predation on sunfish Mola mola

Conor Ryan, J. M.C. Holmes

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Abstract

The stomach contents from a killer whale stranded in north-west Ireland were examined. Siphonostomatoid copepods Cecrops latreilli and bones consistent in shape and size with those from the ocean sunfish were found. While observations of free-ranging killer whales predating on sunfish exist from the Gulf of Guinea and the South Pacific, this is the first record for the North Atlantic and the first from stomach content analysis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e10
Journal	Marine Biodiversity Records
Volume	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755267211001187
Publication status	Published - 28 Feb 2012

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ectoparasite
killer whale
ocean sunfish
predation

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