Palatability of Marine Invertebrates — Russell 
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TABLE 2 
Relative Palatability to Fish of Organisms Tested 
MATERIAL TESTED 
NO. OF 
TRIALS 
PART OF 
ANIMAL 
USED 
Gambusia 
Carassius 
Pelates 
Torquigener 
CRUSTACEA 
Metapenaeus mastersii 
(Has well) 
721 
tail 
muscle 
++ 
++ 
++ 
++ 
Callianassa australiensis 
Dana 
1 
tail 
muscle 
+ + 
++ 
++ 
++ 
Mictyris longicarpus 
Latreille 
2 
leg 
muscle 
+ + 
++ 
+ + 
Alphaeus sp. 
ANNELIDA 
2 
tail 
muscle 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
Marphysa s an guinea 
(Montagu) 
4 
body 
segments 
+ + 
++ 
++ 
+ + 
On up his teres (Ehlers) 
2 
body 
segments 
+ + 
++ 
++ 
+ + 
Phyllodoce malgremi 
Cuvier 
2 
body 
segments 
++ 
++ 
++ 
++ 
Pheretima sp. 
3 
body 
segments 
+ + 
++ 
++ 
++ 
Thelepus set os us 
(Quatrefages) 
3 
body 
segments 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
Thelepus setosus 
(Quatrefages) 
2 
tentacles 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
Clymene grossa var. 
tropica Monro 
2 
body 
segments 
+ 
-\ — > 0 
+ -» o 
+ -» 0 
Unidentified terebellid 
1 
body 
segments 
+ 
4 — > o 
-) — > 0 
+ -* o 
Audouinia tentaculata 
(Montagu) 
ECHIURIDA 
3 
body 
segments 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Ochetostoma australis 
Edmonds 
SIPUNCULOIDEA 
2 
body wall 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
Phascolosoma dunwichi 
Edmonds 
MOLLUSCA 
Lamellibranchiata 
2 
body wall 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
Trichomya hirsutes 
(Lamarck) 
5 
mantle 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
Crassostrea commercialis 
(Iredale & Roughly) 
Cephalopoda 
4 
mantle 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
Squid 
Gastropoda 
2 
muscle 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
Uber plumbeum 
Lamarck 
3 
foot 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
Pyrazus ebeninus 
Brugiere 
10 
foot 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
Nassarius luridus 
(Gould) 
4 
foot 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
The organisms tested are arranged according to animal group. Within groups they are arranged in approximate order of 
palatibility. 
