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Ecology Summary - Megerlia truncata
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Ecology of Megerlia truncata
 
Main Ref. Hansson, H.G., 1998
Remarks Prefers rock and shell substrates; shallow but more typically eurybathic; infralittoral-upper bathyal (Ref. 1884).

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 Megerlia truncata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: sessile; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref. Logan, A., 1979
Special habitats Beds: rock;
Special habitats Ref. Logan, A., 1979

Associations

Ref.
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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