Ecology Summary - Callinectes rathbunae

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Ecology of Callinectes rathbunae

Main Ref.	Tavares, M., 2003
Remarks	Benthopelagic. Euryhaline (Ref. 97531). Inhabits estuarine waters of ditches, lagoons, and river mouths. Feeds on a variety of materials including mollusks, other bottom invertebrates, and some fishes, carrion and detritus (Ref. 367).

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 Callinectes rathbunae may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Felder, D.L., F. Alvarez, J.W. Goy and R. Lemaitre, 2009
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Mascaro, M., A.M. Castillo, N. Simoes and X. Chiappa-Carrara, 2007
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Mascaro, M., A.M. Castillo, N. Simoes and X. Chiappa-Carrara, 2007

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	3.56	0.28			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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