Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Mirounga leonina

Main Ref.	Daneri, G.A., A.R. Carlini, E.R. Marschoff, A. Harrington, J. Negrete, J.A. Mennucci and M.E.I. Márquez, 2014
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	232	Percent empty	30.2
Country	Antarctica	Locality	Isla 25 de mayo, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
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
61.30 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Psychroteuthis glacialis
2.10 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Moroteuthis knipovitchi
9.10 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Kondakovia longimana
16.40 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Alluroteuthis antarcticus
0.10 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Chiroteuthis veranyi
2.70 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Slosarczykovia circumantarctica
0.80 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Galiteuthis glacialis
2.10 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	octopi	juv./adults	Papillated Pareledone spp.
1.90 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	octopi	juv./adults	Pareledone turqueti
0.10 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	octopi	juv./adults	Adelieledone polymorpha
3.40 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Gonatus antarcticus