Ecology Summary - Opisthoteuthis californiana

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Ecology of Opisthoteuthis californiana

Main Ref.	Jereb, P., C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman and J.K. Finn, 2014
Remarks

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 Opisthoteuthis californiana may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Jereb, P., C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman and J.K. Finn, 2014
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Jereb, P., C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman and J.K. Finn, 2014
Associations	parasitism;
Associated with	Cholidyella breviseta
Association remarks	A copepod parasite, Cholidyella breviseta, has been reported from the mantle cavity of this cirrate octopod (Ref. 96968).
Parasitism	outside host

feeding

Feeding type
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Feeding habit
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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	3.37	0.52			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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