Ecology Summary - Neolithodes diomedeae

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Ecology of Neolithodes diomedeae

Main Ref.	Escobar-Briones, E., P. Morales, E. Cienfuegos and M. González, 2002
Remarks	Found on hydrothermal vents (Ref. 2682). Scavenger (Refs. 2682, 106711) feeding on the infauna of the abyssal plain (Ref. 2682). Carries on its back commensal amphipods, mostly gammarids (Ref. 106711).

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 Neolithodes diomedeae may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.	Macpherson, E., 2004
Special habitats	Other habitats: vents;
Special habitats Ref.	Escobar-Briones, E., P. Morales, E. Cienfuegos and M. González, 2002

Associations

Ref.	Escobar-Briones, E., P. Morales, E. Cienfuegos and M. González, 2002
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Gammaropsis sp. (Ref. 2682); Briarosaccus callosus (Ref. 113901).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Escobar-Briones, E., P. Morales, E. Cienfuegos and M. González, 2002
Feeding habit	feeding on dead animals (scavenger)
Feeding habit Ref.	Escobar-Briones, E., P. Morales, E. Cienfuegos and M. González, 2002

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
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