Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Mirounga leonina

Main Ref.	Green, K. and H.R. Burton, 1993
Fish stage	adults	Mean length	none
Sample size		Percent empty
Country	Macquarie Is.	Locality	Not stated
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Mirounga leonina

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
0.20 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Mastigoteuthis?	56.6% Todarodes.
0.30 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Brachioteuthis
2.50 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Psychroteuthis glacialis
5.00 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Alluroteuthis
5.50 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Moroteuthis ingens
5.70 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Moroteuthis knipovitchi
6.20 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Kondakovia longimana	5.3% Kondakovia longimana, 0.9% Gonatus antarcticus.
6.30 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Martialia
11.80 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Histioteuthis eltaninae
56.50 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Tadarodes