Alimentação natural do camarão sete-barbas, Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Heller) (Crustacea, Decapoda), na Armação do Itapocoroy, Penha, Santa Catarina

Abstract

Natural feeding of Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Heller) (Crustacea, Decapoda) in the Armação do Itapocoroy, Santa Catarina. The feeding of X. kroyeri (Heller, 1862) was analyzed during the period from august/98 to july/99 using the frquency of occurrence, frquency of points and feeding index methods. The species presents a broad trophic specter and diversified, composed by 30 items: Gammaridae, organic matter, Acetes americanus, Polychaeta, Globigerina and Osteichtynes were the most explores. intems.