Natural diet of three species of shrimp in a tropical coastal lagoon

摘要: The gut content of 495 specimens Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis, 131 F. paulensis (Penaeidae) and 102 Macrobrachium acanthurus (Palaemonidae) were analyzed to establish the composition their diets brasiliensis had as most important feeding items in its diet larvae Chironomidae, Polychaeta Heleobia australis (Mollusca). For paulensis, same for but order importance H. was inverted. M. detritus item, followed by Chironomidae larvae, Odonata nymphs, fragments macroalgae Chara. results showed that three species omnivorous, with a varied including both components macrofauna benthos associated Chara plant detritus.