Ecology Summary - Polydora cornuta

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Ecology of Polydora cornuta

Main Ref.	Rudnick, D.T., R. Elmgren and J.B. Frithsen, 1985
Remarks	Main food and feeding type based on another species of the same Genus; to be replaced with a better reference (Ref. 95866).

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 Polydora cornuta may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.	Vittor, B.A., 2002
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Vittor, B.A., 2002

Associations

Ref.	Sato-Okoshi, W., 2000
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	other
Feeding habit Ref.

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
Ref.