Main Ref. | Healy, B., 1997 |
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Remarks | Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 106090). Occurs at depths below 50 m, in coarse sand substrate (Ref. 96391). Epibenthic (Ref. 87524). A ubiquitous, free-living species (Ref. 96391). Forages for food on substrate (Ref. 96377). |
Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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Substrate | Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, ); |
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Substrate Ref. | Ellis, J.R., G. Burt and S.I. Rogers, 2007 |
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Ref. | Choy, S., 1986 |
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Associations | parasitism; |
Associated with | Priapion fraissei; Sacculina carcini. |
Association remarks | Host to Priapion fraissei and Sacculina carcini. |
Parasitism |
Feeding type | plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79) |
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Feeding type Ref. | Carlier, A., P. Riera, J.-M. Amouroux, J.-Y. Bodiou and A. Grémare, 2007 |
Feeding habit | browsing on substrate |
Feeding habit Ref. | Schröder, A., C. Orejas and T. Joschko, 2006 |
Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
From diet composition | 3.16 | 0.42 | Troph of juv./adults. | ||
From individual food items | 3.28 | 0.36 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
Ref. | Choy, S.C., 1986 |