Ecology Summary - Stramonita haemastoma

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Ecology of Stramonita haemastoma

Main Ref.	Leal, J.H., 2003
Remarks	On all kinds of hard substrates, intertidal to subtidal. Diet: oyster and mussel beds (Ref. 355). Common on subtidal rocks (Ref. 438 and 417).

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 Stramonita haemastoma may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn and E.F. Garcia, 2009
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Rupp, G.S. and G.J. Parsons, 2006
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Nodipecten nodosus
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Leal, J.H., 2003
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Leal, J.H., 2003

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	3.62	0.25			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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