Editing Ostracod (section)

===Predators===
A variety of fauna prey upon ostracods in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. An example of predation in the marine environment is the action of certain Cytherocopina in the [[Cuspidariidae|cuspidariid clams]] in detecting ostracods with [[cilia]] protruding from inhalant structures, thence drawing the ostracod prey in by a violent suction action.<ref>{{cite book |author1=John D. Gage  |author2=Paul A. Tyler  |name-list-style=amp |title=Deep-Sea Biology: A Natural History of Organisms at the Deep-Sea Floor |publisher=[[University of Southampton]] |isbn=978-0-521-33665-9|date=1992-09-28  }}</ref> Predation from higher animals also occurs; for example, amphibians such as the [[rough-skinned newt]] prey upon certain ostracods.<ref>{{cite web |author=C. Michael Hogan |year=2008 |title=''Rough-skinned Newt ("Taricha granulosa")'' |website=[[Globaltwitcher]], ed. N. Stromberg |url=http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=43182 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527153302/http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=43182 |archive-date=2009-05-27 }}</ref> Whale sharks also seem to eat them as part of their filter feeding process.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rohner |first1=Ca |last2=Couturier |first2=Lie |last3=Richardson |first3=Aj |last4=Pierce |first4=Sj |last5=Prebble |first5=Cem |last6=Gibbons |first6=Mj |last7=Nichols |first7=Pd |title=Diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus inferred from stomach content and signature fatty acid analyses |journal=Marine Ecology Progress Series |date=20 November 2013 |volume=493 |pages=219–235 |doi=10.3354/meps10500 |bibcode=2013MEPS..493..219R }}</ref>