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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Anarhichas lupus
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 41.00 NG
Sample size 28 Percent empty 39.29
Country USA Locality Gulf of Maine
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Anarhichas lupus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
38.70 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Placopecten sp. Placopecten. sp. (6.6%), Pectinidae (24.1%), and unidentified Bivalvia (8.0%).
2.10 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
4.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Pagurus arcuatus Pagurus arcuatus (8.4%), Paguridae (0.6%), and Cancer irroratus (3.9%).
4.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Meganyctiphanes norvegica Meganyctiphanes norvegica.
0.70 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Gastropoda Unspecified Gastropoda.
1.50 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults Echinoidea Unidentified Echinoidea (0.2%) and unidentified Echinodermata (1.3%).
7.60 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Mollusca Unidentified Mollusca.
0.20 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Aphrodita hastata Unidentified Polychaeta (0.2%) and Aphrodita hastata (<0.1%).
30.40 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults Ophiura sarsi Ophiura sarsi (29.1%) and unidentified Ophiuroidea (1.3%).
9.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pandalus borealis Pandalus borealis (8.4%), Sclerocrangon boreas (1.0%), unidentified Decapoda (0.4%), unidentifed Amphipoda (<0.1%), and unidentifed Crustacea (<0.1%).
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