Ecology Summary - Cercopagis pengoi

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Ecology of Cercopagis pengoi

Main Ref.	Bielecka, L., M.I. Zmijewska and A. Szymborska, 2000
Remarks	A euryhaline species that prefers brackish water environment (Ref. 7354). During feeding, it punctures the carapace, ingests the tissue and discards the exoskeleton (Ref. 95964).

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 Cercopagis pengoi may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Holliland, P.B., T. Holmborn and E. Gorokhova, 2012
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Holliland, P.B., T. Holmborn and E. Gorokhova, 2012

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
Ref.

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