Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Callinectes arcuatus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Callinectes arcuatus

Main Ref.	Paul, R.K.G., 1981
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	6.00 none
Sample size	67	Percent empty
Country	Mexico	Locality	Tapo Agua Dulce, Caimanero
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Callinectes arcuatus

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
5.43 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Plantae	4.9% plant material (Ruppia maritima, Salicornia sp., Cladophora sp., Enteromorpha sp.).
48.17 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	bivalves	juv./adults	Bivalvia	43.5% bivalves (Tagelus affinis, other bivalves).
26.47 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Osteichthyes	23.9% fishes (Lile stolifera, Anchoa panamensis, Diapterus peruvianus, Galeichthys caerulescens, Mugil spp.).
6.20 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	crabs	juv./adults	Brachyura	5.6% crabs (Callinectes spp., Gecarcinus sp., Cardisoma crassum).
9.52 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	organic material	8.6% unidentifiable organic material.
0.78 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	gastropods	juv./adults	Gastropoda	0.7% gastropods (Cerithidea mazatlantica, other gastropods).
2.21 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. Crustaceans	juv./adults	Crustacea	1.8% non-brachyuran decapods (Penaeus spp., Macrobrachium spp., Callianassa sp.); 0.2% other crustaceans (Corophium sp., cumaceans).
0.33 %	zoobenthos	other benth. Invertebrates	n.a./other benth. Invertebrates	juv./adults	other invertebrates	0.2% insects; 0.1% foraminiferans; <0.1% hydrozoans.
0.66 %	zoobenthos	worms	polychaetes	juv./adults	Polychaeta	0.66% polychaetes (Polydora sp., other polychaetes).
0.22 %	zoobenthos	sponges/tunicates	sponges	juv./adults	Porifera	0.2% sponges.