Ecology Summary - Oxymeris maculata

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Ecology of Oxymeris maculata

Main Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Remarks	Leaves characteristic wide tracks on sand when moving. Occurs at the low tide mark (Ref. 349). Intertidal (Ref. 106792). Found on coarse and fine sand. Usually crawls under the sand surface with the foot buried deeply in the sand (Ref. 106669). Feeds on an enteropneust and polychaete (Ref. 106669).

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 Oxymeris maculata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, fine, );
Substrate Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Miller, B.A., 1966

Associations

Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Miller, B.A., 1966
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Miller, B.A., 1966

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