Ecology Summary - Octopus mimus

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Ecology of Octopus mimus

Main Ref.	Cortez, T., B.G. Castro and A. Guerra, 1995
Remarks	Benthic (Ref. 106857). Found in shallow waters (Ref. 105062) in rocky intertidal area (Ref. 106857). Opportunistic predator. Feeds on bony fishes, molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms and polychaetes. Occasionally exhibits cannibalism (Ref. 105056). Reported to perform hole-drilling on its prey (Ref 105064).

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 Octopus mimus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Defeo, O. and J.C. Castilla, 1998
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Jereb, P., C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman and J.K. Finn, 2014

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Cortez, T., B.G. Castro and A. Guerra, 1995
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Cortez, T., B.G. Castro and A. Guerra, 1995

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	3.82	0.38			Troph of adults.
From individual food items	3.60	0.45			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Cortez, T., B.G. Castro and A. Guerra, 1995

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