Ecology Summary - Philinopsis cyanea

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Ecology of Philinopsis cyanea

Main Ref.	Debelius, H., 2001
Remarks	Found at night time on sand mud bottoms (Ref. 822). Feeds on other opisthobranchs and commonly consumes the bubble snail Haminoea natalensis (Ref. 866).

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 Philinopsis cyanea may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Debelius, H., 2001
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Gosliner, T., 1987
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Gosliner, T., 1987

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