Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Haliotis iris

Main Ref.	Poore, G.C.B., 1972
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size		Percent empty
Country	New Zealand	Locality	Wakatu Point, Kaikoura
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Haliotis iris

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
4.00 %	plants	phytoplankton	green algae	n.a./others	Caulerpa brownii	Chlorophytes (Caulerpa brownii, Ulva lactuca).
15.20 %	plants	phytoplankton	n.a./other phytoplankton	n.a./others	Lessonia variegata	Phaeophytes (Cystophora scalaris, Lessonia variegata, Marginariella boryana).
36.40 %	plants	phytoplankton	n.a./other phytoplankton	n.a./others	Polysiphonia sp.	Branching rhodophyes (Euzionella bipartita, E. incisa, Plocamium spp., Polysiphonia sp., Pterocladia lucida).
44.40 %	plants	phytoplankton	n.a./other phytoplankton	n.a./others	Hymenocladia lanceolata	Flat rhodophytes.