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		Percent empty
Country	Australia	Locality	Leschenault estuaries (33°12'South and 115°40'East)
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
32.97 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	amphipods	juv./adults	Gammarid amphipods	Corophium spp. and Grandidierella spp.
6.39 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	plant material
15.68 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	bivalves	juv./adults	Arthritica semen	9.2% Arthritica semen; 0.7% large bivalves; 5.8% small gastropods.
5.99 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Favonigobius lateralis
2.70 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	crabs	juv./adults	decapods	% small decapods (Penaeus latisulcatus; 2.2% decapod shell fragments (Portunus pelagicus and Ovalipes australiensis).
9.89 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	calcareous material
3.40 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	juv./adults	Tanais dulongii
0.80 %	zoobenthos	echinoderms	n.a./other echinoderms	juv./adults	echinoderms
21.58 %	zoobenthos	worms	polychaetes	juv./adults	polychaetes	Ceratonereis aequisetis
0.60 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	cephalopods