Ecology Summary - Porcellana cancrisocialis

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Ecology of Porcellana cancrisocialis

Main Ref.	Fonseca, N.C., 1970
Remarks	Found on sand, shell, kelp, sandy mud with algae, mud and shell, sand gravel mud, corallines and crushed shell (Ref. 121249).

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 Porcellana cancrisocialis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Hiller, 2004
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Hiller, 2004
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Commensal with hermit crabs Pterochirus californiensis, Dardanus sinistripes and Pagurus albus (Ref. 121249).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

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
Ref.

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