Ecology Summary - Ocypode rotundata

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Ecology of Ocypode rotundata

Main Ref.	MarineSpecies.org, 2050
Remarks	Found in intertidal mudflats. Scavenger-predator (Ref. 128960). Digs burrows in supralittoral of sand beaches; more common on offshore islands. Males build towers in breeding season. Key species on sand species (Ref. 801). Members of the family Ocypodidae are typical deposit feeders (Ref. 108430).

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 Ocypode rotundata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Bom, R.A., J.A. van Gils, K. Molenaar, A.Y. Kwarteng, R. Victor and E.O. Folmer, 2020
Special habitats
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Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Maitland, D.P., 1990
Feeding habit	variable
Feeding habit Ref.	Bom, R.A., J.A. van Gils, K. Molenaar, A.Y. Kwarteng, R. Victor and E.O. Folmer, 2020

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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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