Food and Feeding Habits Summary Leptonychotes weddellii
 
Main Ref. Casaux, R., A. Baroni and A. Carlini, 1997
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length none
Sample size Percent empty
Country South Shetland Locality Harmony Point (62°18'S, 59°14'W), Nelson Island
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Leptonychotes weddellii
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Bovallia gigantea
0.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Electrona antarctica
1.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Gymnoscopelus nicholsi
2.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Gobionotothen gibberifrons
2.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Lepidonotothen nudifrons
1.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausia spp
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Gastropoda Gastropods.
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Glyptonotus antarcticus
87.20 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults Octopodidade Octopods.
4.00 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Psychroteuthis glacialis Psychroteutis glacialis
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