Ecology Summary - Trypanosyllis gigantea

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Ecology of Trypanosyllis gigantea

Main Ref.	Wehe, T. and D. Fiege, 2002
Remarks	Found in the lower intertidal. Free-living. Reported from holdfast of kelps (Ref. 107169). Members of the family Syllidae may be detritivores, deposit feeders or carnivores (Ref. 87179).

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 Trypanosyllis gigantea may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; macrobenthos;
Substrate Ref.	Sicinski, J. and P. Gillet, 2002
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed;
Special habitats Ref.	Knox, G.A., K. Hicks and L. Bolton, 1985

Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
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From individual food items
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