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Table 9. — Diet of flexion-postflexion stage larvae of Genyonemus lineatus. Since none of tt^ese larvae occurred in block 

 Water column strata are N = neuston; M = midwater; E = epibentfios. %N = the percent of tfie total food items 

 the given category. Copepods listed as prey include both copepodites and adults. 



Prey item 



Coscinodiscus spp. 



Rhizosolenia spp. 



Peridinium spp. 



Radiolaria 



Sagitta spp. 



Bivalve veligers 



Gastropod veligers 



Spionidae 



Polychaete larvae 



Membranipora spp. cyphonautes 



Cyphonautes, uniden. 



Penilia avirostris 



Acartia tonsa 



Paracalanus parvus 



Labldocera trispinosa 



Pontellopsis spp. 



Candacia spp. 



Oithona oculata 



O. oculata nauplii 



O. plumifera 



Corycaeus anglicus 



Oncea spp. 



Euterpina acutifrons 



E. acutifrons nauplii 



Microsetella rosea 



Longipedia spp. nauplii 



Copepods, uniden. 



Copepod nauplii, uniden. 



Cirriped nauplii 



Cirriped cypris 



Nebalia spp. 



Ostracods, uniden. 



Metamysidopsis eiongata 



Mysidopsis californica 



M. intii 



Neomysis rayii 



Neomysis spp. juveniles 



Siriella pacifica 



Mysids, uniden. 



Gammarids, uniden. 



Euphausids, calyptopis 



Caridean zoeae 



Brachyuran zoeae 



Brachyuran megalopae 



Fish larvae 



Unidentified 



Total food items 



Mean prey/feeding larva 



582 



