Ecology Summary - Cribrinopsis similis

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Ecology of Cribrinopsis similis

Main Ref.	Balazy, P., P. Kuklinski and N. Sanamyan, 2014
Remarks	Reported to display short-term facultative commensalism with a mature crab Hyas araneus.

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 Cribrinopsis similis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Balazy, P., P. Kuklinski and N. Sanamyan, 2014
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Hyas araneus.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Borszcz, T. and P. Balazy, 2016
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Borszcz, T. and P. Balazy, 2016

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	3.51	0.15			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
Ref.