Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Panulirus argus

Main Ref.	Briones-Fourzán, P., V.C.F. de Lara, E. Lozano-Álvarez and J. Estrada-Olivo, 2003
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	41	Percent empty
Country	Mexico	Locality	Puerto Morelos reef lagoon, spring
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Panulirus argus

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name
0.30 %	zoobenthos	other benth. invertebrates	n.a./other benth. invertebrates	juv./adults	unspecified forams
1.40 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	n.a./other plank. crustaceans	larvae	unspecified barnacle postlarvae
1.10 %	zoobenthos	worms	polychaetes	juv./adults	unspecified polychaetes
0.50 %	zoobenthos	other benth. invertebrates	n.a./other benth. invertebrates	juv./adults	unspecified bryozoans
0.50 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	chitons	juv./adults	unspecified chitons
43.40 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. Crustaceans	juv./adults	unspecified crustaceans
19.40 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	gastropods	juv./adults	unspecified gastropods
2.70 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	unspecified plant matter
3.70 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	sediments
15.00 %	detritus	detritus	carcasses	n.a./others	unspecified soft matter
7.90 %	zoobenthos	sponges/tunicates	sponges	juv./adults	unspecified sponges
3.80 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	bivalves	juv./adults	unspecified bivalves
0.20 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	unspecified calcareous algae
0.10 %	zoobenthos	echinoderms	n.a./other echinoderms	juv./adults	unspecified echinoderms