Ecology of Alpheus utriensis
 
Main Ref. Ramos, G.E. and H. von Prahl, 1989
Remarks Found from lower intertidal zone to a depth of 35 m in crevices in coral rubble and coral pavement outcrops and in basaltic rocks, where they live in pairs (Ref. 80376) and on hollow spines of fan clam, Pinna rugosa and feeds on algae growing on the surface of the clam (Ref. 80379).

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 Alpheus utriensis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref. Ramos, G.E. and H. von Prahl, 1989
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref. Anker, A., C. Hurt and N. Knowlton, 2008

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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