Ecology Summary - Processa canaliculata

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Ecology of Processa canaliculata

Main Ref.	Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter, 1999
Remarks	Endobenthic - burrower and burier (Refs. 105216, 105217). Littoral to sublittoral (Ref. 105219). Inhabits the subtidal region, in soft bottoms of fine to medium-grained sand (Ref. 96507). Found in coarse clean sand, gravelly sand (Ref. 105219) and muddy bottoms (Ref. 105216). Also occurs in areas influenced by estuarine outflows (Ref. 96507). Solitary (Ref. 105219). Active predator (Ref. 105216). Feeds on small polychaetes and sipunculids (Refs. 105216, 105219).

Main Ref.

Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter, 1999

Remarks

Endobenthic - burrower and burier (Refs. 105216, 105217). Littoral to sublittoral (Ref. 105219). Inhabits the subtidal region, in soft bottoms of fine to medium-grained sand (Ref. 96507). Found in coarse clean sand, gravelly sand (Ref. 105219) and muddy bottoms (Ref. 105216). Also occurs in areas influenced by estuarine outflows (Ref. 96507). Solitary (Ref. 105219). Active predator (Ref. 105216). Feeds on small polychaetes and sipunculids (Refs. 105216, 105219).

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 Processa canaliculata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, fine, ); mud;
Substrate Ref.	Desroy, N., C. Warembourg, J. M. Dewarumez and J. C. Dauvin., 2002
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Aguzzi, J. and J.A. García, 2008

Associations

Ref.	Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter, 1999
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	BIOTIC, 2015
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Aguzzi, J. and J.A. García, 2008

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	3.06	0.26			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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