Ecology Summary - Systellaspis debilis

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Ecology of Systellaspis debilis

Main Ref.	Abele, L.G. and W. Kim, 1986
Remarks	Migrate into the upper mesopelagic and generally below the epipelagic zones at night (Ref. 97393). Found at depths between 600 to 900 meters during the day. It is a carnivorous species (Ref. 96715).

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 Systellaspis debilis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Abele, L.G. and W. Kim, 1986
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Frank, T.M., 2003
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	3.32	0.37			Troph of juv./adults.
From individual food items	3.54	0.37			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Hopkins, T.L., M.E. Flock, J.V. Gartner and J.J. Torres, 1994

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