Ecology Summary - Astropecten indicus

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Ecology of Astropecten indicus

Main Ref.	Putchakarn, S. and P. Sonchaeng, 2004
Remarks	Intertidal to subtidal. In mud, sand and shell habitats. Feeds on a variety of bivalves and gastropods, as well as crustaceans (Ref. 108106).

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 Astropecten indicus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Putchakarn, S. and P. Sonchaeng, 2004
Special habitats
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Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

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	3.79	0.20			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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