Ecology Summary - Neosarmatium trispinosum

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Ecology of Neosarmatium trispinosum

Main Ref.	CRUSTA, 2012
Remarks	Found in freshened areas of river mouths, mangrove swamps and forests, and intertidal mud flats. Emerges from its burrow at night to gather leaf litter, carrying the leaves to its burrow to allow to decay before consumption (Ref. 114268).

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 Neosarmatium trispinosum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.	Islam, M.S., M.Y. Mia, S. Mahmud and B.M. Kamal, 2008
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Islam, M.S., M.Y. Mia, S. Mahmud and B.M. Kamal, 2008

Associations

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Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Islam, M.S., M.Y. Mia, S. Mahmud and B.M. Kamal, 2008
Feeding habit	grazing on aquatic plants
Feeding habit Ref.	Islam, M.S., M.Y. Mia, S. Mahmud and B.M. Kamal, 2008

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 estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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