Cephalopod Species in the Diet of a Sperm Whale ( Physeter Catodon ) Stranded at Penzance, Cornwall
Stomach contents from an adult male sperm whale ( Physeter catodori ) stranded at Penzance, Cornwall, included a total of 125 upper and 110 lower beaks (mandibles) of cephalopods. All but two of the cephalopod species represented by lower beaks were oceanic squid belonging to four species in four fa...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0025315400038819 2024-03-03T08:48:57+00:00 Cephalopod Species in the Diet of a Sperm Whale ( Physeter Catodon ) Stranded at Penzance, Cornwall Clarke, M.R. Pascoe, P.L. 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400038819 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315400038819 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom volume 77, issue 4, page 1255-1258 ISSN 0025-3154 1469-7769 Aquatic Science journal-article 1997 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400038819 2024-02-08T08:24:54Z Stomach contents from an adult male sperm whale ( Physeter catodori ) stranded at Penzance, Cornwall, included a total of 125 upper and 110 lower beaks (mandibles) of cephalopods. All but two of the cephalopod species represented by lower beaks were oceanic squid belonging to four species in four families comprising: Histioteuthis spp. (44·5% by number and 10·7% by estimated wet weight); Architeuthis spp. (42·7% by number, 82·2% by weight); Todarodes sagittatus (7·3% by number, 6·0% by weight); Galiteuthis sp. (0·9% by number, 0·02% by weight); an oceanic octopod, Haliphron atlanticus (3·6% by number, 0·9% by weight) and one neritic species, Loligoforbesi (0·9% by number and 0·1% by weight). Mantle lengths of the squid were estimated to vary from 126 to 1056 mm. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sperm whale Cambridge University Press Cornwall ENVELOPE(-59.688,-59.688,-62.366,-62.366) Catodon ENVELOPE(-59.966,-59.966,-63.500,-63.500) Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 77 4 1255 1258 |
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Stomach contents from an adult male sperm whale ( Physeter catodori ) stranded at Penzance, Cornwall, included a total of 125 upper and 110 lower beaks (mandibles) of cephalopods. All but two of the cephalopod species represented by lower beaks were oceanic squid belonging to four species in four families comprising: Histioteuthis spp. (44·5% by number and 10·7% by estimated wet weight); Architeuthis spp. (42·7% by number, 82·2% by weight); Todarodes sagittatus (7·3% by number, 6·0% by weight); Galiteuthis sp. (0·9% by number, 0·02% by weight); an oceanic octopod, Haliphron atlanticus (3·6% by number, 0·9% by weight) and one neritic species, Loligoforbesi (0·9% by number and 0·1% by weight). Mantle lengths of the squid were estimated to vary from 126 to 1056 mm. |
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Cephalopod Species in the Diet of a Sperm Whale ( Physeter Catodon ) Stranded at Penzance, Cornwall |
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Cephalopod Species in the Diet of a Sperm Whale ( Physeter Catodon ) Stranded at Penzance, Cornwall |
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Cephalopod Species in the Diet of a Sperm Whale ( Physeter Catodon ) Stranded at Penzance, Cornwall |
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Cephalopod Species in the Diet of a Sperm Whale ( Physeter Catodon ) Stranded at Penzance, Cornwall |
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Cephalopod Species in the Diet of a Sperm Whale ( Physeter Catodon ) Stranded at Penzance, Cornwall |
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cephalopod species in the diet of a sperm whale ( physeter catodon ) stranded at penzance, cornwall |
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