Ecology Summary - Umbonium vestiarium

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Ecology of Umbonium vestiarium

Main Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Remarks	Found on fine sandy (Ref. 128042) and muddy substrate (Ref 126564). Also found in shallow subtidal water. Occurs at the low tide mark (Ref. 349).

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 Umbonium vestiarium may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand ( fine, ); mud;
Substrate Ref.	Springsteen, F.J. and F.M. Leobrera, 1986
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Raut, D., T. Ganesh, N.V.S.S. Murty and A.V. Raman, 2005

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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