Main Ref. | Tavares, M., 2003 |
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Remarks | Supratidal to intertidal (Ref. 97531). Nearly terrestrial species. Lives in great concentration in burrows (to 1.5 m deep) in relatively low lying ground, but also along canals or ditches among rocks and debris. Common in mangrove areas. Burrows may be as far as 8 km from the sea but always where the water table (fresh or salt) can be reached. Normally lives sub-aerially, occasionally wetting the gills, but can survive long periods of immersion and can adapt easily to great variations in water salinity. Females return briefly to the sea where eggs must hatch and larvae undergo developmental changes before transformation to the emergent crab stage. Feeds on a wide variety of plant material, occasionally some carrion. Cannibal (Ref. 367). Herbivore. Also an opportunistic feeder, consuming fiddler crabs, insects and carrion (Ref. 112918). Functionally an omnivore (Ref. 112923). |
Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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Substrate | Benthic: mobile; |
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Substrate Ref. | Felder, D.L., F. Alvarez, J.W. Goy and R. Lemaitre, 2009 |
Special habitats | Other habitats: burrows; |
Special habitats Ref. | Hostetler, M.E., F.E. Mazzotti and A.K. Taylor, 2003 |
Ref. | Tavares, M., 2003 |
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Feeding type | plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79) |
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Feeding type Ref. | Wolcott, D.L. and T.G. Wolcott, 1987 |
Feeding habit | variable |
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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 | 3.03 | 0.31 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
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