Ecology Summary - Calappa granulata

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Ecology of Calappa granulata

Main Ref.	Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.), 1981
Remarks	Sublittoral, typically burrows in inshore soft bottoms (Ref. 106272). Also burrows in sand at depths of 13 to 400 m, common at depths of 30 to 150 m (Ref. 435). Found on a variety of bottoms -- sandy, shell grit, hard rocks and coral (Ref. 106272). Reported on upper to middle slope as well as in a seamount (Ref.106167). Infaunal feeder preying on bivalves and foraminiferans (Ref. 52384).

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 Calappa granulata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.), 1981
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows; seamounts;
Special habitats Ref.	Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.), 1981

Associations

Ref.	Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.), 1981
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Cartes, J.E., P. Abello, D. Lloris, A. Carbonell, P. Torres, F. Maynou and L.G. de Sola, 2002
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Cartes, J.E., P. Abello, D. Lloris, A. Carbonell, P. Torres, F. Maynou and L.G. de Sola, 2002

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	3.94	0.13			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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