Food and Feeding Habits Summary Echinaster brasiliensis
 
Main Ref. Queiroz, C., 2012
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length none
Sample size Percent empty
Country Brazil Locality São Sebastião, São Paulo.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Echinaster brasiliensis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
9.86 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges juv./adults Amphimedon viridis %W=8.75.
12.68 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges juv./adults Tedania ignis %W=11.25.
16.90 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges juv./adults Mycale angulosa %W=15.
29.58 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges juv./adults Haliclona melana %W=26.25.
30.99 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges juv./adults Mycale microsigmatosa %W=27.5.
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