Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Callinectes similis

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Callinectes similis

Main Ref.	Hsueh, P.-W., J.B. McClintock and T.S. Hopkins, 1992
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	66	Percent empty
Country	USA	Locality	Mobile Bay, Alabama
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Callinectes similis

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
25.42 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	bivalves	juv./adults	bivalves	24.61% bivalves.
7.29 %	detritus	detritus	carcasses	n.a./others	disgested animal tissue	7.06% digested animal tissue.
9.67 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	crabs	juv./adults	Brachyura	9.36% Brachyura.
1.30 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	gastropods	juv./adults	Gastropoda	1.26% Gastropoda.
0.23 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	juv./adults	Crustacea	0.23% Crustacea
0.02 %	zoobenthos	other benth. invertebrates	n.a./other benth. invertebrates	juv./adults	Bryozoa	0.02% Byrozoa.
0.98 %	zoobenthos	echinoderms	n.a./other echinoderms	juv./adults	sand dollars	0.95% sand dollars
50.17 %	nekton	finfish	n.a./other finfish	juv./adults	fish	48.57 % fish.
0.24 %	others	others	n.a./others	juv./adults	Foraminifera	0.27% Foraminifera.
4.64 %	zoobenthos	worms	polychaetes	juv./adults	Polychaeta	4.49% Polychaeta.