Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Callinectes ornatus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Callinectes ornatus

Main Ref.	Branco, J.O., M.J. Lunardon-Branco, J.R. Verani, R. Schveitzer, F.X. Souto and W.G. Vale, 2002
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	6.40 TL
Sample size	332	Percent empty
Country	Brazil	Locality	Itapocoroy Inlet, Santa Catarina
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
44.96 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. Crustaceans	juv./adults	Crustacea	40.9% Crustacea (0.18% general Amphipoda, 0.97% Gammaridae, 0.12% Isopoda, 1.9% unidentified Decapoda, 14.75% Penaeidae, 0.5% Farfantepenaeus paulensis, 0.75% Penaeus spp., 0.25% Acetes americanus, 5.25% Callinectes spp., 0.25% Xanthidae, 15.19% unidentified Brachyura, 0.75% Dardanus insignis, 0.04% Anomuran eggs).
4.36 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Algae	3.96% algae.
12.73 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	n.a./other mollusks	juv./adults	Mollusca	11.58% Mollusca (8.36% Bivalvia, 1.37%Gastropoda, 1.85% Cephalopoda/Loligonidae).
0.02 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	Protozoa	0.02% Foraminiferida.
4.78 %	zoobenthos	worms	polychaetes	juv./adults	Polychaeta	4.35% Polychaeta (4.33% unidentified Polychaeta, 00.02% Polynoidae).
1.67 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	mysids	juv./adults	Mysidacea	1.52% Mysidacea.
24.65 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Osteichthyes	22.41% Osteichthyes.
2.82 %	zoobenthos	echinoderms	n.a./other echinoderms	juv./adults	Echinodermata	2.57% Echinodermata (2.55% Ophiuroidea, 0.02% unidentifiied Echinodermata).
0.33 %	plants	other plants	terrestrial plants	n.a./others	Macrophyta	0.3% Macrophyta.
3.64 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	organic matter	3.31% non-identified organic matter.