Ecology Summary - Diastylis rathkei

Ecology Summary - Diastylis rathkei

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Ecology of Diastylis rathkei

Main Ref.	Harms, J., 1993
Remarks	Found along the coastal zone, often in fine-grained sediments and mud (Ref. 7882). Also found in hard bottom (Ref. 117453). This is a surface deposit feeder (Ref. 96214). Main food based on another species of the same genus; to be replaced with a better reference (Ref. 96292).

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 Diastylis rathkei may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: meiobenthos; Soft Bottom: sand ( fine, ); silt; mud; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Degraer, S., J. Wittoeck, W. Appeltans, K. Cooreman, T. Deprez, H. Hillewaert, K. Hostens, J. Mees, E. Vanden Berghe and M. Vincx, 2006
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Harms, J., 1993
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	other
Feeding habit Ref.	Andrea, A.F.D., N.I. Craig and G.R. Lopez, 1996

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
Ref.

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