Ecology Summary - Octopus rubescens

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Ecology of Octopus rubescens

Main Ref.	Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Remarks	It is found on rock and soft bottoms, from the low intertidal to a depth of 210 meters (Ref. 865).

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 rubescens may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; demersal; Soft Bottom Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Gotshall, D.W., 2005
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Laidig, T.E., P.B. Adams, C.H. Baxter and J.L. Butler, 1995
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Laidig, T.E., P.B. Adams, C.H. Baxter and J.L. Butler, 1995

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	3.86	0.61			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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