Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Hyperoodon ampullatus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hyperoodon ampullatus

Main Ref.	Santos, M.B., G.J. Pierce, G. Smeenk, M.J. Addink, C.C. Kinze, S. Tougaard and J. Herman, 2001
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size		Percent empty
Country	Denmark	Locality	Tåsinge, Denmark
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hyperoodon ampullatus

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
0.01 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Vampiroteuthis infernalis
0.03 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Brachioteuthis sp.
0.70 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Chiroteuthis sp.
0.76 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Octopoteuthis sp.
0.77 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Ancistrocheirus lesueurii
1.37 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Mastigoteuthis sp.
1.46 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Todaropsis eblanae
7.97 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Histioteuthis arcturi	2.21% Histioteuthis reversa; 3.1% Histioteuthis arcturi; 2.09% Histioteuthis bonnellii; 0.57% Histioteuthis meleagroteuthis.
32.58 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Teuthowenia megalops	15.29% Taonuis pavo; 17.29% Teuthowenia megalops.
54.34 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Gonatus sp.