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Natural feeding activity of the crab Callinectes ornatus (Portunidae) in Ubatuba Bay (São Paulo, Brazil): influence of season, sex, size and molt stage

MANTELATTO, F. L. M ; CHRISTOFOLETTI, R. A

Marine biology, 2001-03, Vol.138 (3), p.585-594 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Heidelberg: Springer

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    Natural feeding activity of the crab Callinectes ornatus (Portunidae) in Ubatuba Bay (São Paulo, Brazil): influence of season, sex, size and molt stage
  • Autor: MANTELATTO, F. L. M ; CHRISTOFOLETTI, R. A
  • Assuntos: Animal and plant ecology ; Animal behavior ; Animal, plant and microbial ecology ; Animals ; Autoecology ; Biological and medical sciences ; Brazil ; Callinectes ornatus ; Crustaceans ; Diet ; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology ; Marine ; Marine biology ; Protozoa. Invertebrata ; Seasons ; Sexes ; Zoology
  • É parte de: Marine biology, 2001-03, Vol.138 (3), p.585-594
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  • Descrição: The natural diet of Callinectes ornatus in Ubatuba Bay, Ubatuba (SP), Brazil, was studied. Influence of season, sex, size and molt stage variation in the diet were also described. Specimens were collected monthly over a period of 1 year, in Ubatuba Bay, using a fishing boat equipped with a double rigged net. The relative degree of stomach fullness, frequency of occurrence, and quantitative scoring (percentage) were determined. Digested material, crustaceans, sediment and mollusks were the principal items of the diet. Echinoderms, annelids, plants, and fishes were also notable prey items, and other food categories (foraminiferans, cnidarians, worms and bryozoans) occurred in low percentages. A non-significant difference was found in many items during seasonal analysis, i.e. plants, foraminiferans, cnidarians, bryozoans and digested material were present at highest percentages during summer and autumn, while crustaceans and echinoderms were consumed in larger amounts during the spring and winter. Males and females consumed a similar diet, although ovigerous females showed a greater tendency to feed on items with soft tissues (fish, squid, shrimp). Juveniles fed more on sedentary and calcareous items than did adults, showing a significant tendency to reduce consumption of foraminiferans, annelids, bryozoans, echinoderms and sediment as the animal increased in size, accompanied by an elevation in the consumption of plants, crustaceans and fish. These crabs are opportunistic predators with a preference for crustaceans and mollusks that is correlated with the availability of prey and the ontogenetic phase of the predator.
  • Editor: Heidelberg: Springer
  • Idioma: Inglês
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