Food items reported for Homarus gammarus
n = 6
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
detritus detritus carcasses Unspecified carrion Denmark juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Unspecified malacostracans Denmark juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms Unspecified echinoderms Denmark juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Unspecified lamellibranchs Denmark juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Unspecified gastropods Denmark juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes Unspecified polychaetes Denmark juv./adults
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