Food items reported for Somniosus microcephalus
n = 93
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
detritus detritus carcasses unspecified carrion Canada juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Gonatus fabricii Norway juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Anarhichas lupus Norway juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Anarhichas minor Norway juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Myoxocephalus scorpius Greenland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cyclopterus lumpus Greenland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Boreogadus saida Greenland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish cod (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gadus morhua Norway juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish haddock (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Melanogrammus aeglefinus Norway juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified Gadidae Norway juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish herring (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified ling Iceland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish lumpfish (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Macrourus berglax Greenland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified Osteichthyes Norway juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hippoglossoides platessoides Norway juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Greenland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified Pleuronectidae Norway juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Atlantic halibut (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Greenland halibut (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Amblyraja radiata Norway juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Amblyraja radiata Canada juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Salmonidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish sculpins (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sebastes marinus Norway juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sebastes sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish smelt (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Somniosus microcephalus Norway juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified teleosts Canada juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Greenland halibut (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lycodes reticulatus Canada juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lycodes sp. Greenland juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish Myxine glutinosa Greenland juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unspecified fishes Canada juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish Amblyraja hyperborea Canada juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish Amblyraja radiata Greenland juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unspecified Rajidae Greenland juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unspecified skate eggs Canada juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish sharks (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish skates (not available) juv./adults
others birds sea birds unspecified sea birds Canada juv./adults
others birds sea birds unidentified (not available) juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals Balaenoptera acutorostrata Norway juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals unspecified cetaceans Iceland juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals unspecified whales Canada juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals Cystophora cristata Norway juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals Erignathus barbatus Norway juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals unidentified (not available) juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals Ursus maritimus Greenland juv./adults
others mammals pinnipeds Cystophora cristata Greenland juv./adults
others mammals pinnipeds Erignathus barbatus Greenland juv./adults
others mammals pinnipeds Pagophilus groenlandicus Greenland juv./adults
others mammals pinnipeds Pusa hispida Norway juv./adults
others mammals pinnipeds Unspecified Phocidae Norway juv./adults
others mammals pinnipeds unspecified seals Norway juv./adults
others mammals pinnipeds unidentified (not available) juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds Agarum clathratum Greenland juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds Laminaria nigripes Greenland juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Unspecified Amphipoda Norway juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Unspecified Malacostraca Norway juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Hyas araneus Norway juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unspecified Crustacea Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Lithodes maja Greenland juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Hyas araneus Greenland juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea cucumbers unspecified sea cucumbers Greenland juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars unspecified sea stars Greenland juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars Gorgonocephalus arcticus Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars Ophiopholis aculeata Norway juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars Ophiuroidae spp. Norway juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars unspecified brittlestars Greenland juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea urchins Unspecified Gorgonocephalidae Norway juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Norway juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea urchins unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves unspecified bivalves Greenland juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Unspecified Bivalvia Norway juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Buccinum cyaneum Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Unspecified Gastropoda Norway juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods unspecified gastropods Greenland juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods unspecified Cephalopoda Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges unspecified sponges Greenland juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes Unspecified Polychaeta Norway juv./adults
zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae unspecified egg capsule Greenland juv./adults
zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids unidentified jellyfish (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids unspecified jellyfish Canada juv./adults
zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids unidentified jellyfish USA adults
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