Ecology Summary - Capitella capitata

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Ecology of Capitella capitata

Main Ref.	López-Jamar, E., G. González and J. Mejuto, 1986
Remarks	Megabenthic species (Ref. 2952). Found in all sediment types but particularly in coarse to very fine substrate, very rarely in sediment without mud (Refs. 7882, 96352). Known from rocky shores, seagrass beds, cold seeps, hydrothermal vents, oxygen-minimum zones, whale carcasses. Depth ranges from intertidal, infralittoral, circalittoral to bathyal along gulfs and estuaries (Refs. 87155, 96352). Feeding type can vary from being a carnivore to a detritus feeder, to a grazer (Ref. 87155). Treated as a marine organic pollution indicator (Ref. 96352).

Main Ref.

López-Jamar, E., G. González and J. Mejuto, 1986

Remarks

Megabenthic species (Ref. 2952). Found in all sediment types but particularly in coarse to very fine substrate, very rarely in sediment without mud (Refs. 7882, 96352). Known from rocky shores, seagrass beds, cold seeps, hydrothermal vents, oxygen-minimum zones, whale carcasses. Depth ranges from intertidal, infralittoral, circalittoral to bathyal along gulfs and estuaries (Refs. 87155, 96352). Feeding type can vary from being a carnivore to a detritus feeder, to a grazer (Ref. 87155). Treated as a marine organic pollution indicator (Ref. 96352).

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 Capitella capitata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; megabenthos; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; ooze (, organic );
Substrate Ref.	Weslawski, J.M., M. Wlodarska-Kowalczuk and J. Legezynska, 2003
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Other habitats: burrows; vents; vertebrates (Known from whale carcasses.);
Special habitats Ref.	Weslawski, J.M., M. Wlodarska-Kowalczuk and J. Legezynska, 2003

Associations

Ref.	López-Jamar, E., G. González and J. Mejuto, 1986
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Hily, C. and M. Bouteille, 1999
Feeding habit	variable
Feeding habit Ref.	Young, D.K. and M.W. Young, 1982

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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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