Table 2 The frequency of putative prey taxa occurring across the whale scat samples, identified to Phylum and Class.
Phylum | Class | Common name | Presence/Absence | High Abundance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18S | COI | 18S | COI | |||
Annelida | Clitellata | marine worm | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Polychaeta | marine warm | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Arthropoda | Branchiopoda | planktonic crustaceans | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
Chelicerata | planktonic arthropods | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
Chilopoda | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
Malacostraca | krill | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | |
Maxillopoda | copepods | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | |
Chaetognatha | Sagittoidea | arrow worms | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Chordata | Actinopterygii | ray-finned fish | 13 | 16 | 2 | 3 |
Appendicularia | tunicates | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Elasmobranchii | cartilaginous fish | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Holocephali | cartilaginous fish | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Sarcopterygii | lobe-finned fishes | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Thaliacea | salps | 14 | 16 | 4 | 15 | |
Cnidaria | Hydrozoa | jellyfish-like | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
Scyphozoa | jellyfish-like | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Ctenophora | Tentaculata | comb jellies | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Echinodermata | Asteroidea | echinoderms | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Echinoidea | echinoderms | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Gastroricha | Chetonotida | echinoderms | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mollusca | Bivalvia | bivalves | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Gastropoda | seas snails | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | |
Nematoda | Chromadorea | marine roundworm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nemertea | Enopla | marine worm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Platyhelminthes | Trematoda | flatworm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Turbellaria | flatworm | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Porifera | Demospongiae | sponge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rotifera | Eurotatoria | zooplankton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zooplankton | unclassified | zooplankton | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
