Food items reported for Galeus melastomus
n = 112
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
detritus detritus debris unidentified plant debris (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Chiroteuthis veranyi (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Galiteuthis armata (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Abralia veranyi Italy juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Abralia veranyi Italy juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Histioteuthis bonnellii Italy juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Histioteuthis reversa Italy juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Histioteuthis sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo spp. Italy juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Todarodes sagittatus (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Heteroteuthis dispar (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Rossia macrosoma Italy juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Semirossia spp. Italy juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sepietta oweniana Spain juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sepiola spp. Italy juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis encrasicolus Italy juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Mictophum punctatum Spain juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gadiculus argenteus argenteus Italy juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Antonogadus megalokynodon (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Coelorhynchus coelorhynchus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Mora moro (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lampanyctus crocodilus Italy juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Notoscopelus elongatus Spain juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Symbolophorus veranyi (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Arctozenus risso (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Phycis blennoides Spain juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chauliodus sloani (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Stomias boa boa (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
others birds n.a./other birds unidentified chicken leg (not available) juv./adults
others others n.a./others Gryphus sp. (not available) juv./adults
others others n.a./others Remains of carton (not available) juv./adults
others others n.a./others Coal (not available) juv./adults
others others n.a./others Plastic (not available) juv./adults
others others n.a./others unidentified scales (not available) juv./adults
others others n.a./others Synthetic fibers (not available) juv./adults
others others n.a./others unidentified tissues (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Halice abyssi (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Phronima sedentaria (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Phrosina semilunata (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Platyscelus sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Scina sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Halice abyssi (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Calocaris macandreae (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Munida tenuimana (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Monodaeus couchi (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Monodaeus couchii (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods Cirolana borealis (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Munida iris Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Munida sp. Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Liocarcinus sp. Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Scyllarus sp. Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans benthic crustaceans Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Epileucon longirostris (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unidentified crustaceans (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Alpheus glaber (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Calocaris macandreae Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Aegaeon lacazei Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pontocaris lacazei Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pontophilus spinosus Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pontophilus spinosus Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Acanthephyra sp. Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Chlorotocus crassicornis Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Chlorotocus crassicornis Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Plesionika antigai Italy juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Plesionika edwardsii Italy juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Plesionika gigliolii Italy juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Plesionika heterocarpus Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Plesionika martia Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Plesionika sp. Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pasiphaea multidentata (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pasiphaea sivado (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Parapenaeus longirostris Italy juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Polycheles typhlops Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Processa canaliculata Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Processa spp. Italy juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Sergestes arcticus (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Sergestes sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Sergia robusta (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Solenocera membranacea Italy juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Alvania sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods Chiroteuthis veranyi (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods Todarodes sagittatus (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks unidentified Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Bathypolypus sponsalis (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids Chelophyes appendiculata (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids Chelophyes appendiculata (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates Pyrgo sp. (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unidentified planktonic foraminifera (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates Uvigerina sp. (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Meganyctiphanes norvegica (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Meganyctiphanes norvegica (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids Boreomysis arctica (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids Eucopia unguiculata (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids unidentified (not available) juv./adults
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