Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Bathynomus giganteus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Bathynomus giganteus

Main Ref.	Barradas-Ortiz, C., P. Briones-Fourzán and E. Lozano-Álvarez, 2003
Fish stage	larvae	Mean length	5.20 none
Sample size	28	Percent empty
Country	Mexico	Locality	Yucatan slope
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Bathynomus giganteus

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name
76.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Pisces
9.20 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	Foraminifera
7.40 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	Soft matter
0.50 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Cephalopoda
0.50 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	n.a./other mollusks	juv./adults	Scaphopoda
6.10 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	juv./adults	Crustacea
0.30 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	gastropods	juv./adults	Gasteropoda