Template:Did you know nominations/Lottia instabilis

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:31, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Lottia instabilis, Saccharina dentigera

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• Lottia instabilis
• Saccharina dentigera

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• ... that the unstable limpet is essentially a parasite of the kelp Saccharina dentigera? Source: "Some limpets are specialised feeders and are essentially parasitic on their host plants. These include ... Lottia instabilis on Laminaria dentigera."

• Reviewed: Leipziger Universitätschor
• Comment: Also reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Mr. Shivers. (The hook is cited to a couple of sentences at the end of paragraph 4 on the left column of page 25 of the source)

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 09:13, 24 January 2019 (UTC).

• Both articles are new enough, long enough, and well referenced. Hook is interesting and verified with supplied source. Two QPQs are done. No copyvio detected. Good to go. -Zanhe (talk) 06:06, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

• I'm confused about the hook; X feeding on Y does not make X a parasite of Y. Herbivory and parasitism are quite distinct. Also, I feel like there must be a quirky hook possible here using the odd common name, but that's only a suggestion. Vanamonde (Talk) 02:04, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

• @Vanamonde93: In general, I would agree, but here the parasitism issue is direct from the source, which states that the curved base of the limpet evolved alongside the evolution of the kelp host. The limpet became modified for feeding on the host and so it became, essentially, a parasite. If you can think of a better hook you are welcome to propose one. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:46, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

• @Cwmhiraeth: In that case the article needs to say so explicitly: when I checked this, the term "parasite" had not been used at all. Vanamonde (Talk) 17:32, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

• @Vanamonde93: I have added it now. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:36, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks. Restoring tick per previous review. Vanamonde (Talk) 20:18, 25 February 2019 (UTC)