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Ecology of Siphonosoma cumanense
 
Main Ref. Australian Biological Resources Study, 2000
Remarks Subtidal (Ref. 19); lives 5 to 15 m below the surface (Ref. 1834, page 429). Builds a permanent burrow in the sand, obtaining food particles by moving the finer organic materials washed into the burrow (Ref. 125338).

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 Siphonosoma cumanense may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: endofauna (infauna);
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats Other habitats: burrows; other invertebrates (Commensal with Nipponomysella subtruncata (Ref. 1834, p. 429).);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Australian Biological Resources Study, 2000
Associations commensalism;
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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