Consumption rates and digestibility of four food items by the marine gastropod Charonia seguenzae (Aradas & Benoit, 1870)

Consumption and digestibility rates of four food items (sea star: Luidia sarcii and Astropecten aranciacus, squid: Nototodarus sloanii, shrimp: Parapenaeus longirostris and fish: Boops boops) by the marine gastropod Charonia seguenzae were studied. The food with the greatest mean daily consumption in wet weight was the sea star with 24.03 ± 2.69 g, followed by fish (11.36 ± 3.74 g), shrimp (9.52 ± 1.21 g) and squid (7.36 ± 2.16 g). Absorption...