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Ecology Summary - Branchiostoma longirostrum
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Ecology of Branchiostoma longirostrum
 
Main Ref. Boschung, H.T. and R.F. Shaw, 1988
Remarks Found on the continental shelf.

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 Branchiostoma longirostrum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom
Substrate Ref. Cameron, C.B., 2009
Special habitats Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref. Cameron, C.B., 2009

Associations

Ref. Boschung, H.T. and R.F. Shaw, 1988
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref. Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Feeding habit filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref. Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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