Ecology of Carcinonemertes wickhami
 
Main Ref. Shields, J.D. and A.M. Kuris, 1989
Remarks Found only in broods of ovigerous lobsters. Inhabits egg-bearing pleopods and are attached to bases of uropods or pleopods adjacent to egg masses of female host. Only found in hosts with eggs in relatively advanced stages of development (Ref. 1293).

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 Carcinonemertes wickhami may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats Other habitats: other invertebrates (Found on Panulirus interruptus.);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Shields, J.D. and A.M. Kuris, 1989
Associations symbiosis;
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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