Food items reported for Chimaera monstrosa
n = 78
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton finfish bony fish small benthic fish Norway juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Ampelisca spp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Haploops setosa Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Haploops setosa Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unidentified Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Epimeria cornigera Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Epimeria cornigera Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Hippomedon denticulatus Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Hippomedon bidentatus Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Hippomedon denticulatus Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Tryphosites longipes Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unidentified lyssianassids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Maera othonis Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Stegocephaloides christianiensis Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods unidentified tanaids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs unidentified brachiurans Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Goneplax rhomboides Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs unidentified grapsids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Ebalia sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Lithodes maja Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Lithodes maja Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs unidentified majids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Pagurus sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Pisa sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Liocarcinus sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Polybius holsatus Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Polybius holsatus Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs unidentified portunids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Monodaeus couchii (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods Cirolana sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods unidentified gnathids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Nephrops norvegicus Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unidentified cumaceans Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unidentified Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Alpheus sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns unidentified astacids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Aegaeon lacazei Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pontocaris lacazei Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pontocaris sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Lophogaster typicus Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Nephrops norvegicus Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Plesionika sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns unidentified pandalids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pasiphaea sivado Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pasiphaea sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Processa sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars unidentified echinoids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars Ophiacantha sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars Ophiura sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars unidentified ophiurids Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified axiids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Barbatia sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves unspecified bivalves Norway juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Lyonsia sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Abra sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves unidentified thyasirids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Diplodonta sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Venus sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Buccinum humphreysianum Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Cavolinia sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Bolinus sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Buccinum humphreysiana Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Euspira sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Hexaplex sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods unidentified gastropods Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks unidentified mollusca Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. Invertebrates unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes Panthalis sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes unidentified ampharetids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes amphinomids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes Laetmonice sp. Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes chaetopterids tubes Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes lumbrinerids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes unidentified maldanids Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes unidentified Spain juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids unidentified euphausiids Portugal juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids Lophogaster typicus Portugal juv./adults
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