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Feeding attractants for the muricid gastropod Drupella cornus, a coral predator |
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| Authors: | Masaki Kita Tomoyuki Koyama Hiroshi Matsumoto Daisuke Uemura |
| Affiliation: | a Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan b Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan c Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan d Sesoko Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukys, 3422 Sesoko, Motobu, Okinawa 905-0227, Japan |
| Abstract: | The muricid gastropods genus Drupella are known to be voracious coral predator. Outbreaks of them have accelerated significant destruction on coral reefs, but its precise mechanism is poorly understood. Here, we describe the identification of montiporic acids C (1) and A (2) isolated from sea water extracts of the coral Montipora sp., which showed potent feeding-attractant activity toward D. cornus. |
| Keywords: | Feeding attractant Montiporic acid Drupella cornus Isolation and structure determination Synthesis |
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