Ecology Summary - Gammaropsis nitida

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Ecology of Gammaropsis nitida

Main Ref.	Harms, J., 1993
Remarks	Hyperbenthic (Ref. 58613). Free-living (Ref. 124165). Builds its tubes in and on whelk shells occupied by the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus (Ref. 124164). Main food based on another species of the same genus; to be replaced with a better reference (Ref. 96292).

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 Gammaropsis nitida may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic;
Substrate Ref.	Buhl-Jensen, L. and J.H. Fosså, 1991
Special habitats	Coral Reefs; Other habitats: other invertebrates (Pagurus bernhardus.);
Special habitats Ref.	Dixon, I.M.T. and P.G. Moore, 1997

Associations

Ref.	Dixon, I.M.T. and P.G. Moore, 1997
Associations
Associated with	Pagurus bernhardus.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

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
Ref.