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 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
19.78 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Gammarid amphipods Corophium spp. and Grandidierella spp.
5.00 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others plant material
28.17 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Arthitica semen 20.9% Arthitica semen; 4% large bivalves; 3.3% small gastropods (Tatea spp.).
5.89 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Favonigobius lateralis
5.49 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Decapod 4.2% small decapods (Penaeus latisulcatus); Decapod shell fragments (Postunus pelagicus and Ovalipes australiensis).
3.10 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others calcareous material
6.79 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Tanais dulongii
0.50 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
25.07 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes Ceratonereis aequisetis
0.20 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults sephalopods
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