Ecology Summary - Urothoe grimaldii

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Ecology of Urothoe grimaldii

Main Ref.	Gusso, C.C., M.F. Gravina and F.R. Maggiore, 2001
Remarks	Inhabits sandy bottoms (Refs. 2780, 124788). Feeds on detritus (Ref. 96565).

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 Urothoe grimaldii may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Gusso, C.C., M.F. Gravina and F.R. Maggiore, 2001
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Guerra-García, J.M., J.M. Tierno de Figueroa, C. Navarro-Barranco, M. Ros, J.E. Sánchez-Moyano and J. Moreira, 2014
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	MarineSpecies.org, 2050

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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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