Main Ref. | Israelsson, O., 1999 |
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Remarks | Prefers soft to very soft mud rich in organic materials with some silt (Ref. 85768). Preys on nuculid bivalves, possibly feeding on dead or decaying molluscs, or live molluscan egg masses, sperm, larvae or slime (Ref. 96399). |
Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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Substrate | Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, ); silt; mud; |
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Substrate Ref. | Israelsson, O., 1999 |
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Feeding type | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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Feeding type Ref. | Bourlat, S.J., H. Nakano, M. Åkerman, M.J. Telford, M.C. Thorndyke and M. Obst, 2008 |
Feeding habit | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
Feeding habit Ref. | Bourlat, S.J., H. Nakano, M. Åkerman, M.J. Telford, M.C. Thorndyke and M. Obst, 2008 |
Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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From individual food items | 3.23 | 0.17 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
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