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Diet of the spiny lobster Palinurus elephas (Decapoda: Palinuridea) from the Columbretes Islands Marine Reserve (north-western Mediterranean)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2001

Raquel Goñi ,
Antoni Quetglas  and
Olga Reñones
Raquel Goñi
Affiliation:
IEO–Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Apartado 291, 07015 Palma de Mallorca, Spain, E-mail: raquel.goni@ba.ieo.es
Antoni Quetglas
Affiliation:
IEO–Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Apartado 291, 07015 Palma de Mallorca, Spain, E-mail: raquel.goni@ba.ieo.es
Olga Reñones
Affiliation:
IEO–Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Apartado 291, 07015 Palma de Mallorca, Spain, E-mail: raquel.goni@ba.ieo.es
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Abstract

Stomach contents of 382 Palinurus elephas collected in the Columbretes Islands Marine Reserve (north-western Mediterranean) were examined to study the diet and to assess ontogenetic and sex related differences in feeding regime. Molluscs, crustaceans, and sea urchins were the most common prey. Diet composition varied with lobster size but not with sex. Ontogenetic changes in diet were reflected in the progressive reduction of the contribution of gastropods and crustaceans and in the increased importance of other prey such as fish.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 347 - 348
Copyright
2001 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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