Ecology Summary - Anoplodactylus erectus

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Ecology of Anoplodactylus erectus

Main Ref.	Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005
Remarks	Coastal to shelf (Ref. 19). On substrates ranging from soft mud, silt, and shelly sand. Found amongst bryozoans, amphipod tubes, and holdfasts of Sargassum hemiphyllum. Also a part of fouling communities (Ref. 126174).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Anoplodactylus erectus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, ); silt; mud; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Bamber, R.N., 2009
Special habitats	Other habitats: vegetation ( roots/holdfast, ); other invertebrates (Corymorpha palma and Tubularia (Ref. 210);
Special habitats Ref.	Bamber, R.N., 1997

Associations

Ref.	Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005
Associations
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Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items
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