Ecology Summary - Panulirus gracilis

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Ecology of Panulirus gracilis

Main Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Remarks	Occurs at depths from 0 to 18 m and it inhabits shallow coastal waters among rocks and in cracks and crevices. The animals are nocturnal (Ref. 4). Feeds mainly on mollusks, crustaceans and organic matter (Ref. 112086).

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 Panulirus gracilis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: endofauna (infauna); Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Lozano-Alvarez, E. and G. Aramoni-Serrano, 1996
Feeding habit	variable
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	4.28	0.21			Troph of juv./adults.
From individual food items	4.17	0.25			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Lozano-Alvarez, E. and G. Aramoni-Serrano, 1996