Ecology Summary - Paralepidonotus ampulliferus

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Ecology of Paralepidonotus ampulliferus

Main Ref.	Wehe, T., 2006
Remarks	Occurs in soft-shore intertidal and in shallow inshore waters. Found in muddy sediments, on seagrasses, under sediment-embedded stones or coral rubble (Ref. 107375). Mainly carnivores feeding on sponges, hydroids, other polychaetes, small crustaceans like amphipods, gastropods and echinoderms (Ref. 107425).

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 Paralepidonotus ampulliferus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Wehe, T., 2006
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass;
Special habitats Ref.	Read, G.B., 2006

Associations

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Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Riegl, B. and S.J. Purkis, 2012
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Riegl, B. and S.J. Purkis, 2012

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	3.63	0.23			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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