Ecology Summary - Psaumis cavipes

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Ecology of Psaumis cavipes

Main Ref.	Monteforte, M., 1987
Remarks	Found in intertidal areas and rocky shores (Ref. 106287), and along the neritic zone, in reef areas. An omnivore/carnivore known to feed on polychaetes and small molluscs (Ref. 97241).

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 Psaumis cavipes may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Tweedie, M.W.F., 1950
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Tweedie, M.W.F., 1950

Associations

Ref.	CRUSTA, 2012
Associations
Associated with	Associated with corals (facultative).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Monteforte, M., 1987
Feeding habit	variable
Feeding habit Ref.	Monteforte, M., 1987

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	3.76	0.18			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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