Ecology Summary - Potamalpheops tyrymembe

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Ecology of Potamalpheops tyrymembe

Main Ref.	Soledade, G.O., P.S. Santos and A.O. Almeida, 2014
Remarks	Found in intertidal mangrove flat, in mud burrows, near the roots of the red mangrove tree, Rhizophora mangle. Also found in burrows of the ucidid crab Ucides cordatus and burrows of Alpheus pontederiae. Salinities recorded at the collection site were 21 and 24 (Ref. 129123).

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 Potamalpheops tyrymembe may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.	Soledade, G.O., P.S. Santos and A.O. Almeida, 2014
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Soledade, G.O., P.S. Santos and A.O. Almeida, 2014

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Parasitism

feeding

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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
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