Ecology of Eteone lactea
 
Main Ref. Gusso, C.C., M.F. Gravina and F.R. Maggiore, 2001
Remarks Inhabits soft bottom areas (Ref. 2780). A hunting carnivore and scavenger, feeds on other polychaetes (based on another species under the same genus; Ref. 87179).

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 Eteone lactea may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic; Soft Bottom
Substrate Ref. Fauchald, K., A. Granados-Barba and V. Solis-Weiss, 2009
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Gusso, C.C., M.F. Gravina and F.R. Maggiore, 2001
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref. Fauchald, K. and P.A. Jumars, 1979
Feeding habit browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref. Fauchald, K. and P.A. Jumars, 1979

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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