Ecology Summary - Poecilochaetus serpens

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Ecology of Poecilochaetus serpens

Main Ref.	Harms, J., 1993
Remarks	Found in estuarine and inshore areas (Ref. 96352); along coastal zones in fine to medium-grained sediment with low mud content. Digs U-shaped burrows (Ref. 7882). Discretely motile tentaculate suspension and surface deposit feeder (Ref. 125928).

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 Poecilochaetus serpens may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; endofauna (infauna); macrobenthos; Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, fine, ); silt; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Degraer, S., J. Wittoeck, W. Appeltans, K. Cooreman, T. Deprez, H. Hillewaert, K. Hostens, J. Mees, E. Vanden Berghe and M. Vincx, 2006
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Degraer, S., J. Wittoeck, W. Appeltans, K. Cooreman, T. Deprez, H. Hillewaert, K. Hostens, J. Mees, E. Vanden Berghe and M. Vincx, 2006

Associations

Ref.	Harms, J., 1993
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Hily, C. and M. Bouteille, 1999
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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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