Ecology Summary - Scoloplos armiger

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Ecology of Scoloplos armiger

Main Ref.	Harms, J., 1993
Remarks	Found in estuarine and inshore areas (Ref. 96352) along the coastal zone in all sediment types but preferentially in fine to moderately coarse sand enriched with mud (up to 40% mud content) (Refs. 7882, 96352). Known as a head-down deposit feeder (Refs. 96214, 96352).

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 Scoloplos armiger may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; macrobenthos; Soft Bottom: sand ( fine, ); mud;
Substrate Ref.	Degraer, S., J. Wittoeck, W. Appeltans, K. Cooreman, T. Deprez, H. Hillewaert, K. Hostens, J. Mees, E. Vanden Berghe and M. Vincx, 2006
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass;
Special habitats Ref.	Hily, C. and M. Bouteille, 1999

Associations

Ref.	Harms, J., 1993
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Hily, C. and M. Bouteille, 1999
Feeding habit	other
Feeding habit Ref.	Andrea, A.F.D., N.I. Craig and G.R. Lopez, 1996

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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