Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Callinectes ornatus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Callinectes ornatus

Main Ref.	Haefner, P.A., 1990
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	3.00 CL
Sample size	109	Percent empty	56
Country	Bermuda	Locality	Mullet Bay
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Callinectes ornatus

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
5.93 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Plantae	5.32% algae and seagrass.
12.64 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	bivalves	juv./adults	Bivalvia	11.37% Bivalvia (Chione plicatum, Codakia spp.).
38.50 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	gastropods	juv./adults	Gatrsopoda	16.4% Modulus modulus; 14.79% Cerithium lutosum and Batillaria minima; 1.97% Caecum plicatum; 1.38% Utriculastra canaliculata.
10.64 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. Crustaceans	juv./adults	Crustacea	9.55% Crustacea (amphipods, barnacles, ostracods, portunids, xanthids).
11.67 %	nekton	finfish	n.a./other finfish	juv./adults	Pisces	10.47% Pisces.
1.75 %	others	other terrest. invertebrates	n.a./terrest. insects	adults	other invertebrates	1.57% Insecta/Arachnida.
12.38 %	zoobenthos	worms	polychaetes	juv./adults	Polychaeta	11.11% Polychaeta (8.25% Perinereis anderssoni, 2.86% Pectinaria regalis).
6.50 %	zoobenthos	echinoderms	sea stars/brittle stars	juv./adults	Ophiuroidea	5.83% Ophiuroidea.