Ecology Summary - Uca annulipes

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Ecology of Uca annulipes

Main Ref.	Tan, C.G.S. and P.K.L. Ng, 1994
Remarks	Inhabits low muddy areas along the edges of small streams (Ref. 104819). Also associated with sandy habitats in lagoonal beach (Ref. 104858), and intertidal mudflats (Ref. 128960). Feeds during low tide. Constructs mud hoods at the entrance of their burrows (Ref. 104819). Deposit feeder (Ref. 128960).

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 Uca annulipes may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Mokhlesi, A., E. Kamrani, P. Backwell and M. Sajjadi, 2011
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Mokhlesi, A., E. Kamrani, P. Backwell and M. Sajjadi, 2011

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Mokhlesi, A., E. Kamrani, P. Backwell and M. Sajjadi, 2011
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Mokhlesi, A., E. Kamrani, P. Backwell and M. Sajjadi, 2011

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
Ref.

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