Natural diet of the deep water crab Charybdis smithii McLeay (Brachyura : Portunidae) of the seas around India
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Abstract
Natural diet of potentially commercial deep-water crab Charybdis smithiicomprised a wide variety of invertebrates and myctophid fishes. Pelagic
juveniles and subadults of this crab were found to feed actively than benthic
adults. The diet of juveniles were mainly composed of pelagic shrimps (20 %
by volume) and crabs (17 %). The stomach contents of subadult crabs were
dominated by teleost fishes and decapod crustaceans (64 %) whereas in adults,
crabs were the major food (42 %). Pronounced cannibalistic tendency was
observed in this species especially among juveniles.
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Balasubrahmanian, C. P., & Suseelan, C. (2011). Natural diet of the deep water crab Charybdis smithii McLeay (Brachyura : Portunidae) of the seas around India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 45(4), 407-411. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/8685