Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Physeter macrocephalus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Physeter macrocephalus

Main Ref.	Roberts, S.M., 2003
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	1	Percent empty
Country	Greece	Locality	Crete, Greece
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
0.11 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Chiroteuthis veranyi
0.22 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Ancistroteuthis lichtensteini
0.42 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Onychoteuthis banksii
0.50 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Ancistrocheirus lesueurii
1.34 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Histioteuthis reversa
2.34 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Octopoteuthis sicula
95.07 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Histioteuthis bonnellii