Ecology Summary - Bolocera tuediae

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Ecology Summary - Bolocera tuediae

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Ecology of Bolocera tuediae

Main Ref.	Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003
Remarks	Occurs at depths between 50 to 100m (Ref. 96391). Sessile (Ref. 3123). Solitary (Ref. 2377). Dwells in fine muddy clay substrates. Recorded from 3.5% salinity and temperatures of 6°C to 7°C. Predatory (Ref. 128428).

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 Bolocera tuediae may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom: sand ( fine, ); silt; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Callaway, R., J. Alsvag, I. de Boois, J. Cotter, A. Ford, H. Hinz, S. Jennings, I. Kroncke, J. Lancaster, G. Piet, P. Prince and S. Ehrich, 2002
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Vader, W., 1970
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Onisimus normani; Aristias neglectus.
Association remarks	Juvenile Onisimus normani enter during the summer and live in association until autumn of the next year. Associated amphipods spend some time in the gastrovascular cavity of the host.
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Vader, W., 1970

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	3.52	0.55			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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