Ecology Summary - Histioteuthis reversa

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Ecology of Histioteuthis reversa

Main Ref.	Collins, M.A., C. Yau, L. Allcock and M.H. Thurston, 2001
Remarks	Mainly feeds on osteichthyes (myctophids), followed by crustaceans (natantian), and occasionally on cephalopods. Bases their diet on pelagic nictemeral migrators (Ref. 106992).

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 Histioteuthis reversa may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Judkins, H.L.M., M. Vecchione and C.F.E. Roper, 2009
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Quetglas, A., A. de Mesa, F. Ordines and A. Grau, 2010
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Quetglas, A., A. de Mesa, F. Ordines and A. Grau, 2010

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	4.11	0.60			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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