Ecology Summary - Portunus spinicarpus

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Ecology of Portunus spinicarpus

Main Ref.	Braga, A.A., A. Fransozo, G. Bertini and P.B. Fumis, 2005
Remarks	Usually in deep waters (Ref. 101460). Benthopelagic (Ref. 97531). Lives in soft bottoms (Ref. 104231), in sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 104481). Also found among broken shells and corals (Ref. 104481). In general, portunid crabs are reported to be mainly carnivorous (Ref. 72665). Feeds on polychaetes (Ref. 104232).

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 spinicarpus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Pelagic; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Bertini, G. and A. Fransozo, 2004
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.	de Melo, G.A.S.D., 2010

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Petti, M.A.V., E.F. Nonato and P.C. de Paiva, 1996
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	3.06	0.26			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
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