Ecology Summary - Pherusa plumosa

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Ecology of Pherusa plumosa

Main Ref.	Piepenburg, D., N.V. Chernova, C.F. von Dorrien, J. Gutt, A.V. Neyelov, E. Rachor, L. Saldanha and M.K. Schmid, 1996
Remarks	On muddy substrates (Ref. 105057). Known as a suspension feeder and is discretely mobile (Ref. 75621).

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 Pherusa plumosa may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.	Weslawski, J.M., M. Wlodarska-Kowalczuk and J. Legezynska, 2003
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Piepenburg, D., N.V. Chernova, C.F. von Dorrien, J. Gutt, A.V. Neyelov, E. Rachor, L. Saldanha and M.K. Schmid, 1996
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Miller, C.B. and P.A. Wheeler, 2012
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Weslawski, J.M., M. Wlodarska-Kowalczuk and J. Legezynska, 2003

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.