Ecology Summary - Photis longicaudata

Ecology Summary - Photis longicaudata

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Ecology of Photis longicaudata

Main Ref.	Gusso, C.C., M.F. Gravina and F.R. Maggiore, 2001
Remarks	Epibenthic (Ref. 110266). Inhabits soft bottoms (Ref. 2780) in estuarine and inshore areas of mud, silt or very fine sand. A microvore that feeds on organic detritus (Ref. 96352).

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 Photis longicaudata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; macrobenthos; Soft Bottom: sand ( fine, ); silt; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Walker, A.J.M. and E.I.S. Rees, 1980
Special habitats	vegetation
Special habitats Ref.	LeCroy, S.E.R., R. Gasca, I. Winfield, M. Ortiz and E. Escobar-Briones, 2009

Associations

Ref.	Gusso, C.C., M.F. Gravina and F.R. Maggiore, 2001
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Walker, A.J.M. and E.I.S. Rees, 1980
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Walker, A.J.M. and E.I.S. Rees, 1980

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	2.70	0.32			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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