Table 28 in SYNOPSIS OF THE BIOLOGICAL DATA ON THE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CARETTA CARETTA (LINNAEUS 1758)

Table 28. Food of the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta. A = adult, H = hatchling; J = juvenile and subadult; U = unknown or not stated.
ItemLocationLife StageReferenceGeneralUUCarr (1952); Ernst and Barbour (1972); Bjorndal (1985)QueenslandJThompson (1980)PoriferaCliona celataN. AtlanticALayne (1952)Suberites sp.AdriaticUSteuer (1905)Tethya lyncuriumAdriaticUSteuer (1905)CnidariaUnidentifiedNova ScotiaJBleakney (1967) Limpus (1973a); Bustard (1974) van Nierop and den Hartog (1984) van Nierop and den Hartog (1984)QueenslanduMadeiraJApolemia uvariaAzoresJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)Cyanea sp.Nova ScotiaJBleakney (1967)Geryonia proboscidalis Pelagia noctilucaMadeiraJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)MadeiraJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)Physalia physalisNot specifiedA, JBabcock (1938); Wangersky and Lane (1960); Lane (1960)S. AfricaH, J (?)Hughes (1974a)FloridaARudloe (1979)Porpita sp.S. AfricaAHughes (1974a) Murphy (1914)Velella velellaS. AtlanticAVirgularia sp.TexasU, J (?)Plotkin (personal communication)" fungid coral "QueenslandJMoody (1979)AnnelidaPolychaetaChloeia flavaW. AustraliaLester et al. (1980)MolluscaUnspecifiedIndian OceanDeraniyagala (1939)CephalopodaUnspecifiedAzoresJRichard (1934)QueenslandULimpus (1973a)Chaunoteuthis mollisMadeiraJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)Japatella sp.MadeiraJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984) Richard (1934) Bleakney (1967)Leachia sp.AzoresJOnychoteuthis banksiNova ScotiaJBleakney (1967) Hughes (1974a)Todarodes sagittatusBaleares Is.JSalavador (1978)GastropodaAction sp.S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Anachis moleculinaUruguayUGudynas (1980)Anitica sp.S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Astrea andersoniS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Babylonia crumenoidesS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Bittium sp.QueenslandJMoody (1979)Bufonaria crumenoidesS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Bullia similusS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Bursa granularisS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Cavolinia tridentataMadeiraJBrongersma (1968 A)AzoresJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)Cerithium echinatumQueenslandJMoody (1979)C. tenuifilosumQueenslandJMoody (1979) Moody (1979)Charonia lampasS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Chrysostoma paradoxumQueenslandJMoody (1979)Conus sp.S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Cymatium labiosumS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Cymbiolacca pulchraQueenslandJMoody (1979)Cypraea sp.QueenslandJMoody (1979) Carr and Meylan (1980)Diacria trispinosa Dupliclaria sp.FloridaHS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Ficus ficus F. subintermediusS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Glycimeris queketti Harpa amourettaS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)H. davidus H. majorS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Hyalaea tridentataAzoresUPouchet and de Guerne (1886)Ianthina pallidaMadeiraJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)Janthina janthinaAzoresJRichard (1934)S. AfricaH, J (?)Hughes (1974a)J. prolongataS. AfricaJ (?)Hughes (1974a)Kelletia kelletiGulf of CaliforniaJCaldwell (1963)Latirus abnormisS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Limaria fragilisS. Africa S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Litiopa melanostomaFloridaHHughes (1974a) Carr and Meylan (1980)Lophiotoma acutaQueenslandJMoody (1979)Lyria ponsonbyiiS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Marginella pipenataS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Mayena australasiaS. AfricaAHughes (1974a) Hughes (1974a)Mayena australasia Murex JalaxS. Africa S. AfricaA ANassarius kraussianusS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Nalica duplicataN. JerseyAFowler (1914)N. gualtierianaQueenslandJMoody (1979)N. oncaQueenslandJMoody (1979)Pintada radiataS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Polinices albumen P. didymaW. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Pterotrachea sp.MadeiraJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)Pupa nitidulaQueenslandJMoody (1979)Rapana rapiformisS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Rhinoclavis apserQueenslandJMoody (1979)R. fasciatumQueenslandJMoody (1979)R. vertagusQueenslandJMoody (1979)Strombus sp.SE U. S.UTrue (1884)S. campbelliW. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)Strombus gigasNot specificUBabcock (1938)S. gibberulusQueenslandJMoody (1979)Tonna variegataS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Trochus sp.QueenslandJMoody (1979)Turbo bruneusQueenslandJMoody (1979)T. perspeciosusQueenslandJMoody (1979)Umbanium vestariusQueenslandJMoody (1979)Vepricardium asiaticumS. AfricaAHughes (1974a) Deraniyagala (1939)Xancus rapaIndian OceanAZidona dufresneiUruguayUGudynas (1980)PelycepodaUnspecifiedIndian OceanADeraniyagala (1939)Atrina sp.W. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)Callista planatellaW. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)Circe sulcataW. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)Dardanus sp.AldabraJFrazier (1971)Eucrassatella pulchraW. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)Fragum fragumQueenslandJMoody (1979)F. retusumW. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)Hyotissa sp.W. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)Mactra janueriensisUruguayUGudynas (1980)Megacardita incrassataW. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)Paphia sulcosaW. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)Pecten sp.S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Perna pernaS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Pinctada vulgarisIndian OceanA(?)Deraniyagala (1953)Pinguitellina robustaQueenslandJMoody (1979)Pinna sp.S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Psammobia vespertinaCanary Is.JBrongersma (19686)Tapes lileratusW. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)Tellina sp.QueenslandJMoody (1979)Timoclea sp.W. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)Tridacna chametrachaeQueenslandALimpus (1973a); Bustard (1974)T. jossorQueenslandABustard (1976)T. maximaQueenslandJMoody (1979)Venus laqueataW. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)V. verrucosusCanary Is.JBrongersma (19686)MerostomataLimulus polyphemusFloridaARudloe (1979)VirginiaJ, ALutcavage (1981); Lutcavage and Musick (1985)CrustaceaUnspecifiedS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)AmphipodaEulhemisto compressaNova ScotiaJBleakney (1967)Hyperia medusarumAzoresUPouchet and de Guerne (1886)Nova ScotiaJBleakney (1967)Phronima sedentariaMadeiraJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)CirripediaUnspecifiedMadeiraJBrongersma (19686)Lepas sp.MadeiraJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)Lepas anatiferaAzoresU, J,APouchet and de Guerne (1886); van Nierop and den Hartog (1984)Nova ScotiaJBleakney (1967)MadeiraJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)L. JascicularisNova ScotiaJBleakney (1967)DecapodaUnspecifiedAustraliaALimpus (1973a); Lester et al. (1980)GeorgiaAShoop and Ruckdeschel (1982)Brachiodontes variabilisAldabraJFrazier (1971)Calappa sp.Indian OceanADeraniyagala (1939)Calappa hepaticaQueenslandJMoody (1979)Calhnectes sapidusVirginiaJLutcavage (1981)Cancer irroratusVirginiaJLutcavage (1981)Dardanus euopsisQueenslandJMoody (1979)Dromia sp.Indian O.ADeraniyagala (1939)Eucrate sp.W. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)Funchaha villosaMadeiraJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)Hepatus ephehticusTexasUPlotkin (personal communication)Libinia sp.N. AtlanticALayne (1952)TexasUPlotkin (personal communication)Libinia spinosaUruguayUGudynas (1980)Melitta sp.Not specificABabcock (1919)Paguristes sp.S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Pagurus sp.S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Pagurus arresorS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)P. pollicarisN. JerseyAFowler (1914)Panulirus sp.S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Persephona punctataTexasUPlotkin (personal communication)Planes minutus 3-AzoresAPouchet and de Guerne (1886)Platyxanthus cuenulatusUruguayUGudynas (1980)Thalamita IntegraQueenslandJMoody (1979)T. simaW. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)IsopodaIdotea metalhcaMadeiraJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)InsectaA. Carr (personal communication)Unspecified terrestrial insectsSE U. S.HBryozoaSteuer (1905)Flustra sp.AdriaticUEchinodermataUnspecifiedIndian OceanADeraniyagala (1939)TexasURabalais and Rabalais (1980)Clypeaster humilisIndian OceanADeraniyagala (1939)Prionocidaris baculosaS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Spiny sea urchinS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)UnspecifiedQueenslandJMoody (1979)HolothuroideaChordataUrochordatesUnspecifiedNova ScotiaJBleakney (1967) Brongersma (1968 &)MadeiraJPhallusia depressiusculaW. AustraliaALester et al. (1980)Pyrosoma sp.N. ZealandJMcCann (1966) van Nierop and den Hartog (1984)Pyrosoma atlanticumMadeiraJPyura sp.S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Salpa sp.N. ZealandJMcCann (1966)PiscesUnspecifiedQueenslandALimpus (1973a)Brevoortia tyrannusVirginiaJ(?)Bjorndal (1985)Ceratoscopelus maderensisAzoresJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)Diodon sp.S. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Entelurus aequoreusAzoresUPouchet and de Guerne (1886)Hippocampus hudsoniusNova ScotiaJBleakney (1967)Macrorhamphosus gracilisMadeiraJBrongersma (19686)Sardinops ocellataS. AfricaAHughes (1974a)Scombre scombrusNova ScotiaJBleakney (1967)ReptiliaCaretta caretta hatchlingS. AfricaAHughes (1974a) bPlantsAlgaeUnspecifiedIndian OceanADeraniyagala (1939)Ascophyllum sp.Nova ScotiaJBleakney (1967)Sargassum sp.TexasURabalais and Rabalais (1980)FloridaHCarr and Meylan (1980)VirginiaJLutcavage (1981)Sargassum flititansNova ScotiaJBleakney (1967)S. natansNova ScotiaJBleakney (1967)S. vulgäreAzoresJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)Ulothrix flaccaNova ScotiaJBleakney (1967)Urospora penicilliformisNova ScotiaJBleakney (1967)AngiospermsCymodocea nodosaMadeiraJvan Nierop and den Hartog (1984)Thalassia sp.Not specificUErnst and Barbour (1972)Zostera sp.Not specificUErnst and Barbour (1972)
aAs Nautilograpsur.
bcarapace shields.