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	recruits/juv.	Mean length	16.50 none
Sample size	23	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
66.60 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Pisces
5.10 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	Soft matter
9.60 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	juv./adults	Crustacea
0.20 %	zoobenthos	other benth. invertebrates	n.a./other benth. invertebrates	juv./adults	Gasteropoda and Nematoda
0.30 %	zoobenthos	sponges/tunicates	sponges	juv./adults	Sponges
18.20 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Cephalopoda