On feeding of deep-sea crabs on the continental slope of northwestern Kamchatka

Mean index of gastrointestinal tract fullness for golden king crab Lithodes aequispinus is 15.5 ‱. Detritus occurs in 40.5 % of the cases, so it is a common food for this crab, Polychaeta, Ophiuroidea and Decapoda are 33.2 %, 32.1 % and 15.4 % of its ration, respectively, whereas Mollusca are only 1...

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Main Authors: Valery I. Chuchukalo, Victor A. Nadtochy, Vladimir V. Napazakov, Oleg Yu. Borilko, Sergei A. Nuzhdenko
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Transactions of the Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography 2016-03-01
Series:Известия ТИНРО
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Online Access:https://izvestiya.tinro-center.ru/jour/article/view/91