Table 2.
Prey composition summarized for all predators in the California Current Trophic Database by kingdom and phylum.
| Kingdom | Phylum | noccurrences | %FO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protista | unidentified | 24 | 0.03 |
| Protozoa | Sarcomastigophora | 1 | 0.00 |
| Chromista | Foraminifera | 120 | 0.13 |
| Cercozoa | 233 | 0.25 | |
| Ochrophyta | 1,078 | 1.17 | |
| Myzoza | 3 | 0.00 | |
| unidentified | 8 | 0.01 | |
| Plantae | Rhodophyta | 716 | 0.77 |
| Chlorophyta | 65 | 0.07 | |
| Tracheophyta | 129 | 0.14 | |
| unidentified | 520 | 0.56 | |
| Animalia | Porifera | 58 | 0.06 |
| Ctenophora | 173 | 0.19 | |
| Cnidaria | 1,327 | 1.44 | |
| Chordata | 53,471 | 57.86 | |
| Echinodermata | 2,576 | 2.79 | |
| Arthropoda | 55,125 | 59.65 | |
| Nematoda | 121 | 0.13 | |
| Chaetognatha | 242 | 0.26 | |
| Platyhelminthes | 45 | 0.05 | |
| Annelida | 5,088 | 5.51 | |
| Sipuncula | 156 | 0.17 | |
| Mollusca | 21,966 | 23.77 | |
| Brachiopoda | 3 | 0.00 | |
| Phoronida | 4 | 0.00 | |
| Bryozoa | 673 | 0.73 | |
| Entoprocta | 2 | 0.00 | |
| Nemertea | 76 | 0.08 | |
| unidentified | 8,243 | 8.92 |
noccurrences = number of stomach or scat samples that contained a prey taxon. %FO = percentage frequency of occurrence among all predators that had taxonomically identified prey contents (n = 92,418).