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	12	Percent empty
Country	Mexico	Locality	Tapo Botadero, Huizache
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
8.25 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Plantae	7.2% plant material (Ruppia maritima, Salicornia sp., Cladophora sp., Enteromorpha sp.).
5.96 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	bivalves	juv./adults	Bivalvia	5.2% bivalves (Tagelus affinis, other bivalves).
12.26 %	zoobenthos	benth. Crust.	crabs	juv./adults	Brachyura	10.7% crabs (Callinectes spp., Gecarcinus sp., Cardisoma crassum).
3.89 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	organic material	3.4% unidebtifiable organic material.
22.45 %	zoobenthos	benth. Crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	juv./adults	non-brachyuran decapods	19.6% non-brachyuran decapods (Penaeus spp., Macrobrachium spp., Callianassa sp.).
27.38 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. Crustaceans	juv./adults	Crustacea	23.9% other crustaceans (Corophium sp., cumaceans).
0.11 %	zoobenthos	other benth. Invertebrates	n.a./other benth. Invertebrates	juv./adults	benthic invertebrates	<0.1% foraminiferans, <0.1% bryozoans.
2.18 %	nekton	finfish	n.a./other finfish	juv./adults	Osteichthyes	1.9% fishes (Lie stolifera, Anchoa panamensis, Diapterus peruvianus, Gerres cinereus, Galeichthys caerulescens, Mugil spp.).
0.69 %	zoobenthos	cnidarians	n.a./other polyps	juv./adults	Hydrozoa	0.6% hydrozoans.
16.84 %	zoobenthos	worms	polychaetes	juv./adults	Polychaeta Polychaeta	14.7% polychaetes (Polydora sp., other polychaetes).