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	533	Percent empty
Country	Mexico	Locality	Huizache-Caimanero lagoon system
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
3.36 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Plantae	2.9% plant material (Ruppia maritima, Salicornia sp., Cladophora sp., Enteromorpha sp.).
19.14 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Osteichthyes	16.5% fishes (Lile stolifera, Anchoa panamensis, Diapterus peruvianus, Galeichthys caerulescens, Mugil spp.).
16.82 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	organic material	14.5% unidentifiable organic material.
25.64 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. Crustaceans	juv./adults	Crustacea	22.1% crustaceans (Callinectes spp., Gecarcinus sp., cardisoma crassum, other crabs, Penaeus spp., Macrobrachium spp., Callianassa sp., other non-brachyuran decapods, Corophium sp., cumaceans, other crustaceans).
0.12 %	zoobenthos	other benth. invertebrates	n.a./other benth. Invertebrates	juv./adults	Foraminifera	0.1% foraminiferans.
0.24 %	zoobenthos	other benth. Invertebrates	n.a./other benth. Invertebrates	juv./adults	Bryozoa	0.2% (0.1% bryozoans, 0.1% sponges).
32.37 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	n.a./other mollusks	juv./adults	Mollusca	27.9% molluscs (Tagelus affinis, Cerithidea mazatlantica, other bivalves, other gastropods).
0.12 %	zoobenthos	cnidarians	n.a./other polyps	juv./adults	Hydrozoa	0.1% hydrozoans.
0.12 %	others	others	n.a./others	juv./adults	Insecta	<0.1% insects, <0.1% nematodes.
2.09 %	zoobenthos	worms	polychaetes	juv./adults	Polychaeta	1.8% polychaeta (Polydora sp. other polychaetes).