Ecology of Macrobrachium equidens
 
Main Ref. del Mundo, C.M., 2000
Remarks Subtidal (Ref. 106854). Occurs in low parts of streams, river mouths, estuaries and brackish waters of high salinity, and is rarely found in pure freshwater but often in sea water to a depth of 30 meters. It reproduces in brackish and sea water (Ref. 104052). Also found in creeks/inlets of mangrove swamps (Ref. 121478).

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 Macrobrachium equidens may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom
Substrate Ref. Hosie, A.M., A. Sampey, P.J. Davie and D.S. Jones, 2015
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

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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