Ecology Summary - Palinurus mauritanicus

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Ecology of Palinurus mauritanicus

Main Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Remarks	Lives on rocky and coralligenous substrates near rocky outcrops in edges of the continental shelf (Ref. 85369).

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 Palinurus mauritanicus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; demersal; Soft Bottom: mud; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Postel, E., 1966
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
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.
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.

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	3.54	0.38			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.