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Table 3 Crabs identified in the stomach contents of Epinephelus marginatus from Bertioga (S.P.) and Copacabana (R.J.), Brazila.

From: Ecology and ethnoecology of dusky grouper [garoupa, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)] along the coast of Brazil

Locality

Crab Species

Family

No. individuals or rests found in stomachs

Bertioga

Cronius ruber

Portunidae

1

 

Eurypanopeus abbreviatus

Xanthidae

1

 

Menipe nodifrons

Majidae

1

 

Petrolisthes galatinus

Porcellanidae

8

Copacabana

Callinectes sp.

Portunidae

1

 

Cronius ruber

Portunidae

9

 

Eurypanopeus abbreviatus

Xanthidae

2

 

Menipe nodifrons

Majidae

1

 

Mithrax hispidus

Majidae

2

 

Not identified

Xanthidae

1

  1. a Material identified through the key by Melo (1996) and revised by Melo (MZUSP, June 2007)