Ecology Summary - Prionospio cirrifera

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Ecology of Prionospio cirrifera

Main Ref.	Maurer, D. and J.A. Vargas, 1984
Remarks	Commonly found at depths >70 m, in fine sediment (Ref. 96521) with high content of silt and clay (Ref. 124802). Discretely mobile. Tentaculate surface deposit feeder (Refs. 108299, 125872).

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 Prionospio cirrifera may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: macrobenthos; Soft Bottom: sand ( fine, ); silt; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Künitzer, A., D. Basford, J.A. Craeymeersch, J.M. Dewarumez, J. Dörjes, G.C.A. Duineveld, A. Eleftheriou, C. Heip, P. Herman, P. Kingston, U. Niermann, E. Rachor, H. Rumohr and P.A.J. de Wilde, 1992
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Maurer, D. and J.A. Vargas, 1984
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Simonini, R., I. Ansaloni, A.B. Pagliai and D. Prevedelli, 2004
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Simonini, R., I. Ansaloni, A.B. Pagliai and D. Prevedelli, 2004

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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