Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Physeter macrocephalus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Physeter macrocephalus

Main Ref.	Evans, K. and M.A. Hindell, 2004
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	36	Percent empty
Country	Australia	Locality	Tasmania
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Physeter macrocephalus

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
0.03 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Vampyroteuthis infernalis
0.10 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Gonatus antarcticus	0.1% Gonatus antarcticus; 0.004% Cycloteuthis akimushkini.
3.83 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Ancistrocheirus lesueuri	3.8% Ancistrocheirus lesueuri; 0.04% Haliphron atlanticus.
3.90 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni	2.1% Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni ; 0.7% Taonius pavo; 0.6% Teuthowenia pellucida; 0.3% Galiteuthis glacialis; 0.2% Megalochranchia sp; 0.01% Cranchia scabra; 0.001% Galiteuthis pacifica; 0.0001% Chtenopteryx sp.?.
5.68 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Taningia danae	5% Taningia danae; 0.7% Octopoteuthis rugosa.
9.57 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Todarodes filippovae	6.6% Todarodes filippovae; 2.6% Nototodarus gouldi; 0.4% Ommastrephes bartrami.
11.37 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Pholidoteuthis boschmai	11.4% Pholidoteuthis boschmai; 0.01% Pholidoteuthis adami.
14.36 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Architeuthis sp	13.6% Architeuthis sp; 0.6% Chiroteuthis veryani; 0.2% Chiroteuthis joubini; 0.01% Chiroteuthis sp.
14.71 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Histioteuthis B4	3.6% Histioteuthis B4; 3% Histioteuthis B2; 2.3% Histioteuthis atlantica; 1.5% Histioteuthis bonnellii; 0.9% (Histioteuthis miranda; Histioteuthis hoylei); 0.7% (Histioteuthis B1; Histioteuthis eltaninae); 0.4% Idioteuthis cordiformis; 0.3% Histioteuthis sp. Type B; 0.1% (Histioteuthis macrohista, Histioteuthis melaegroteuthis, Histioteuthis sp. Type A, Histioteuthis reversa); 0.04% Histioteuthis A1; 0.01% (Histioteuthis celetaria pacifica, Mastigoteuthis sp.); 0.0002% Mastigoteuthis psychrophile.
36.47 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Moroteuthis robsoni	32.5% Moroteuthis robsoni; 2.7% Kondakovia longimana; 0.7% Moroteuthis 'A'/ingens; 0.4% Moroteuthis lonnbergii; 0.3% Moroteuthis knipovitchi.