Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Planes major

Main Ref.	Frick, M.G., K. Kopitsky, A.B. Bolten, K.A. Bjorndal, H.R. Martins, 2011
Fish stage	adults	Mean length	15.10 CW
Sample size	27	Percent empty
Country		Locality	from the eastern tropic Pacific and the Hawaiian Islands
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Planes major

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
8.00 %	zooplankton	other plank. invertebrates	n.a./other plank. invertebrates	juv./adults	unspecified Salpidae
51.50 %	others	others	n.a./others	juv./adults	unidentified animal material
5.60 %	plants	other plants			unidentified plant material
0.20 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	n.a./other plank. crustaceans	larvae	Plagusia squamosa	Original diet item is Plagusia squamosa megalopae
5.10 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	n.a./other plank. crustaceans	juv./adults	Pleuroncodes sp.
12.60 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	juv./adults	unspecified cirriped
2.90 %	zooplankton	other plank. invertebrates	n.a./other plank. invertebrates	juv./adults	unspecified cnidarian
5.80 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	n.a./other plank. crustaceans	juv./adults	crab-stage congener
8.30 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	n.a./other plank. crustaceans	larvae	Planes major	Original diet item is Planes major megalopae