Ecology Summary - Glycera capitata

Ecology Summary - Glycera capitata

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Ecology of Glycera capitata

Main Ref.	Harms, J., 1993
Remarks	Found on volcanic mud at a depth of 823.5 m in the Azores (Ref. 78667). In the North Sea off Belgium, inhabits coastal to open sea zones, typically in coarse sediment; absent in muddy substrates (Ref. 7882). Both a carnivore and detritivore (based from the feeding ecology of the family Glyceridae; 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 Glycera capitata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; macrobenthos; Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, ); mud;
Substrate Ref.	Degraer, S., J. Wittoeck, W. Appeltans, K. Cooreman, T. Deprez, H. Hillewaert, K. Hostens, J. Mees, E. Vanden Berghe and M. Vincx, 2006
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Weslawski, J.M., M. Wlodarska-Kowalczuk and J. Legezynska, 2003

Associations

Ref.	Harms, J., 1993
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
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.

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