Ecology Summary - Magelona cornuta

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Ecology of Magelona cornuta

Main Ref.	Wehe, T. and D. Fiege, 2002
Remarks	Sublittoral areas. Found in clay (Ref. 107404). Surface deposit feeder (Ref. 108173).

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 Magelona cornuta may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom
Substrate Ref.	Mortimer, K., 2010
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

Associations

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Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Taheri, M., M. Yazdani Foshtomi and H. Bagheri, 2010
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Taheri, M., M. Yazdani Foshtomi and H. Bagheri, 2010

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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