Food Items - Homarus americanus
Food items reported for Homarus americanus
n = 59
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified fish Canada juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds tufted red algae Canada juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unspecified green algae Canada juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unspecified red algae Canada juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds Corallina officinalis Canada juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unspecified brown algae Canada juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unspecified plants and algae Canada juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds Zostera marina Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unspecified amphipods Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Ampithoe rubricata Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Corophium sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Cancer sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Caridion sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Hyas sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Pagurus sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Carcinus maenas Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods unspecified isopods Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods Idotea sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Homarus americanus Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unspecified barnacles Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unspecified crustaceans Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unspecified decapods Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps unspecified cnidaria Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms unspecified echinoderms Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea cucumbers Cucumaria sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea cucumbers unspecified holothurians Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea cucumbers Psolus sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars Amphipholis squamata Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars unspecified seastars Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars Ophiopholis aculeata Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars unspecified ophiuroids Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Anomia sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves unspecified bivalves Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Cerastoderma pinnulatum Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Hiatella sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Mya sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Modiolus modiolus Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Musculus sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Mytilus edulis Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Crepidula sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Crucibulum striatum Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Mitrella sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods unspecified gastropods Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Lacuna vincta Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Testudinalia testudinalis Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Euspira sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Skeneopsis striatum Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks unspecified mollusk Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates unspecified bryozoan Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates Tonicella marmorea Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates unspecified chiton Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians unspecified ascidians Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges unspecified sponge Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes Nereis sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes Cistena sp. Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes unspecified polychaetes Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes unspecified polynoid annelids Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes Spirorbis sp. Canada juv./adults
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