Main Ref. | Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter, 1999 |
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Remarks | Common in the continental shelf (Ref. 106864). Common in the subtidal to 200 m depth in the northern Atlantic (Ref. 78657). Usually found on hard bottoms (Ref. 95730), as well as soft bottoms from 5 to 600 m (Ref. 106864). Also found to occur in areas with sludge (Ref. 96352). Relatively sedentary (Ref. 106864). It is a necrophagous, scavenger species (Ref. 96498). Feeds on polychaetes, mollusks, echinoderms and other smaller crustaceans (Ref. 106864). Also found in mud, sand, gravel and rocks (Ref. 78654). |
Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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Substrate | Benthic: sessile; endofauna (infauna); macrobenthos; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; ooze Hard Bottom: rocky; |
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Substrate Ref. | Walker, A.J.M. and E.I.S. Rees, 1980 |
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Ref. | Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter, 1999 |
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Feeding type | plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79) |
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Feeding type Ref. | Le Pape, O., L. Baulier, A. Cloarec, J. Martin, F. Le Loc'h and Y. Désaunay, 2007 |
Feeding habit | feeding on dead animals (scavenger) |
Feeding habit Ref. | Le Pape, O., L. Baulier, A. Cloarec, J. Martin, F. Le Loc'h and Y. Désaunay, 2007 |
Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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From individual food items | 3.35 | 0.35 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
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