Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Portunus pelagicus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Portunus pelagicus

Main Ref.	de Lestang, S., I.C. Platell and M.E. Potter, 2000
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	20	Percent empty
Country	Australia	Locality	Peel-Harvey (32°40'South, 115°40'East), Australia
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Portunus pelagicus

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
2.10 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	plant material
15.50 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	bivalves	recruits/juv.	Arthritica semen
2.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Favonigobius lateralis
58.70 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	calcareous material	58.8% calcareous material.
1.00 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	juv./adults	Tanais dulongii
20.60 %	zoobenthos	worms	polychaetes	juv./adults	Ceratonereis aequisetis