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Ecology of Portunus armatus
 
Main Ref. CRUSTA, 2012
Remarks Most abundant in sheltered marine embayments and estuaries (Ref. 122767). Estuarine, inshore, intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 106854). Occurs in coastal waters (Ref. 122766). Lives in a variety of inshore and continental shelf waters. Prefers flatter sandy to muddy bottoms with algal and seagrass communities (Ref. 111207).

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 Portunus armatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: mobile; demersal; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref. CRUSTA, 2012
Special habitats Beds: algae/seaweed; sea grass;
Special habitats Ref. Lai, J.C.Y., P.K.L. Ng and P.J.F. Davie, 2010

Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items 3.19 0.38 Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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