Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Lepidochelys kempii

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lepidochelys kempii

Main Ref.	Shaver, D.J., 1991
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	38.10 CL
Sample size	50	Percent empty
Country	USA	Locality	southern Texas, USA
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Lepidochelys kempii

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
0.14 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Sargassum sp.	0.11% Sargassum sp.; 0.01% wood; 0.02% miscellaneous vegetation.
0.08 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	unidentified fish
28.40 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	crabs	juv./adults	unidentified crab
66.80 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	crabs	juv./adults	Arenaeus cribrarius	21.94% Arenaeus cribrarius; 11.41% Libinia sp.; 11.58% Persephona mediterranea; 9.43% Callinestes sapidus; 7.17% Hepatus epheliticus; 4.44% Menipe adina; 0.17% Isocheles wurdemanni; 0.78% miscellaneous crab.
0.70 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	gastropods	juv./adults	Polinices duplicatus	0.4% Polinices duplicatus; 0.01% Nassarius vibex, Nassarius acutus; 0.26% miscellaneous molluscs.
0.20 %	zooplankton	jellyfish/hydroids	jellyfish/hydroids	juv./adults	Physalia physalia
0.20 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	mysids	juv./adults	Penaeus setiferus	Penaeus setiferus, unidentified shrimp.
0.90 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	n.a./other mollusks	juv./adults	unidentified molluscs
0.74 %	others	others	n.a./others	juv./adults	miscellaneous others	0.08% unidentified barnacles; 0.4% Diopatra cupracea; 0.26% miscellaneous other (Chelonia patula, Leptogorgia setacea, Mellita quinquiesperforata, Virgularia sp., stone)
1.82 %	others	others	n.a./others	juv./adults	unidentified others