Ecology Summary - Linuparus trigonus

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Ecology of Linuparus trigonus

Main Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Remarks	Found on sand or mud substrates and sometimes with shells; some older records indicate that they are also found on rocky environments (Ref. 4). Preys on slow-moving or sessile benthic organisms, e.g., bivalves, gastropods, scaphopods, crustaceans and foraminiferans (Ref. 81019).

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 Linuparus trigonus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Wassenberg, T.J. and B.J. Hill, 1989
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Wassenberg, T.J. and B.J. Hill, 1989

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	3.59	0.51			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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