Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Chionoecetes opilio

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Chionoecetes opilio

Main Ref.	Chuchukalo, V.I., V.A. Nadtochy, V.N. Koblikov and O.Y. Borilko, 2011
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	15.80 CW
Sample size	70	Percent empty	48.57
Country	Russia	Locality	Peter the Great Bay
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Chionoecetes opilio

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
2.80 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	amphipods	juv./adults	unspecified gammarids
2.80 %	zoobenthos	sponges/tunicates	ascidians	juv./adults	unspecified tunicates
19.40 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	bivalves	juv./adults	unspecified bivalves
7.80 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	crabs	juv./adults	Chionoecetes opilio	The other prey species is Erimacrus isenbeckii.
5.70 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	gastropods	juv./adults	unspecified gastropods
0.30 %	zoobenthos	other benth. invertebrates	n.a./other benth. invertebrates	juv./adults	unspecified bryozoans
6.80 %	nekton	finfish	n.a./other finfish	juv./adults	unspecified fishes
2.00 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	other unspecified components
19.60 %	zoobenthos	worms	polychaetes	juv./adults	unspecified polychaetes	Mass representatives from the family Maldanidae.
0.30 %	zoobenthos	echinoderms	sea stars/brittle stars	juv./adults	unspecified sea stars
9.50 %	zoobenthos	echinoderms	sea stars/brittle stars	juv./adults	unspecified brittle stars
17.10 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	shrimps/prawns	juv./adults	unspecified shrimps	Mass representatives from the family Pandalidae and Crangonidae.
2.10 %	zoobenthos	sponges/tunicates	sponges	juv./adults	unspecified sponges
3.80 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	unspecified squids