Ecology Summary - Diogenes avarus

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Ecology of Diogenes avarus

Main Ref.	Davie, P.J.F., 2002
Remarks	Occurs intertidally on pebble beaches or in areas with fine sand and gravel, often on rubble near mangrove areas (Ref. 81753). Inhabits empty shells of Umbonium vestiarum and Cerithidea cingulata (Ref. 83393). On sand and muddy sand (Ref. 107938).

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 Diogenes avarus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand ( fine, ); Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Davie, P.J.F., 2002
Special habitats	Other habitats: other invertebrates (Empty shells of Umbonium vestiarum and Cerithidea cingulata (Ref. 83393).);
Special habitats Ref.	Moradmand, M. and A. Sari, 2007

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Parasitism

feeding

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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
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