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Diet of the minimal armhook squid (Berryteuthis anonychus) (Cephalopoda: Gonatidae) in the northeast Pacific during spring.

From: Fishery Bulletin  |  Date: 10/1/2004  |  Author: Bower, John R.; Sakurai, Yasunori; Sato, Yasuko; Uchikawa, Kazuhisa

Abstract--The stomach contents of the minimal armhook squid (Berryteuthis anonychus) were examined for 338 specimens captured in the northeast Pacific during May 1999. The specimens were collected at seven stations between 145-165[degrees]W and 39-49[degrees]N and ranged in mantle length from 10.3 to 102.2 mm. Their diet comprised seven major prey groups (copepods, chaetognaths, amphipods, euphausiids, ostracods, unidentified fish, and unidentified gelatinous prey) and was dominated ...

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