Ecology Summary - Chaceon albus

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Ecology of Chaceon albus

Main Ref.	Davie, P.J.F., P.K.L. Ng and E.W. Dawson, 2007
Remarks	Deep-sea species (Refs. 115712, 115715, 115716). Typically a slow growing crab; lives in cold (ca 5-8°C) waters between 500 to 1000 m (Ref. 115716). No diet studies have been conducted on crystal crabs. Based on studies from deep sea crab species, however, this species is likely to be highly opportunistic in its feeding habits, employing strategies of both an active carnivore and a scavenger (Ref. 115722).

Main Ref.

Davie, P.J.F., P.K.L. Ng and E.W. Dawson, 2007

Remarks

Deep-sea species (Refs. 115712, 115715, 115716). Typically a slow growing crab; lives in cold (ca 5-8°C) waters between 500 to 1000 m (Ref. 115716). No diet studies have been conducted on crystal crabs. Based on studies from deep sea crab species, however, this species is likely to be highly opportunistic in its feeding habits, employing strategies of both an active carnivore and a scavenger (Ref. 115722).

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 Chaceon albus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.	Davie, P.J.F., P.K.L. Ng and E.W. Dawson, 2007
Special habitats
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Associations

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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
From diet composition
From individual food items	3.68	0.38			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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