Ecology Summary - Eumida sanguinea

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Ecology of Eumida sanguinea

Main Ref.	Kühne, S. and E. Rachor, 1996
Remarks	Found along near-coastal zones in sandy-muddy substrates (Ref. 2707), as well as in estuaries (Ref. 96352). Often associated with the sand mason, Lanice conchilega (Ref. 7882). They are characterized as hunting carnivores, feeding on any polychaete (Ref. 87179).

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 Eumida sanguinea may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; macrobenthos; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Wu, R.S.S. and P.K.S. Shin, 1997
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Fauchald, K. and P.A. Jumars, 1979

Associations

Ref.	Degraer, S., J. Wittoeck, W. Appeltans, K. Cooreman, T. Deprez, H. Hillewaert, K. Hostens, J. Mees, E. Vanden Berghe and M. Vincx, 2006
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Lanice conchilega.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Fauchald, K. and P.A. Jumars, 1979
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Fauchald, K. and P.A. Jumars, 1979

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	3.06	0.26			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
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