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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 27.00 NG
Sample size 33 Percent empty 21.21
Country USA Locality Scotian Shelf
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
8.50 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Pecten sp. Pecten sp. (1.2%) and unidentified Bivalvia (7.3%).
1.40 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
18.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Cancer irroratus Dichelopandalus leptocerus (0.8%), Paguridae (1.4%), Cancer irroratus (16.4%).
5.40 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others Rock Rock.
2.40 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Gastropoda Unspecified Gastropoda.
3.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Parathemisto sp. Majiidae (2.4%), Cepopoda (<0.1%), Amphipoda: Parathemisto sp. (<0.1%), unidentified Euphausiacea (<0.1%), unidentified Decapoda (1.0%), unidentified Crustacea (0.5%),
21.50 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Mollusca Unidentified Mollusca.
1.10 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults Ophiura sarsi Ophiura sarsi (1.1%).
37.20 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea urchins juv./adults Strongylocentrotus sp. Strongylocentrotus sp. (36.6%) and Echinarachnius parma (0.6%).
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