Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Callinectes sapidus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Callinectes sapidus

Main Ref.	Hsueh, P.-W., J.B. McClintock and T.S. Hopkins, 1992
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	21	Percent empty
Country	USA	Locality	Mobile Bay, Alabama
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Callinectes sapidus

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
20.48 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	bivalves	juv./adults	bivalves	20.3% bivalves.
5.73 %	detritus	detritus	carcasses	n.a./others	disgested animal tissue	5.68% disgested animal tissue.
1.15 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	gastropods	juv./adults	Gastropoda	1.14% Gastropoda.
19.93 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	juv./adults	Brachyura	19.75% Brachyura.
52.69 %	nekton	finfish	n.a./other finfish	juv./adults	fish	52.21% fish.