Ecology of Nephasoma diaphanes
 
Main Ref. Cutler, E.B., A. Schulze and H.K. Dean, 2004
Remarks It inhabits sand, silt, mud, and is found in foraminiferal tests, small polychaete tubes, and mollusc shells (Ref. 117895). Cosmopolitan cold-water species; from bathyal to abyssal depths down to 5300 m (Ref. 776).

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 Nephasoma diaphanes may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand; silt; mud;
Substrate Ref. Kedra, M. and G.V. Murina, 2007
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Cutler, E.B., A. Schulze and H.K. Dean, 2004
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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