Ecology Summary - Aglaophamus lyrochaetus

Ecology Summary - Aglaophamus lyrochaetus

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Ecology of Aglaophamus lyrochaetus

Main Ref.	Wehe, T. and D. Fiege, 2002
Remarks	Members of the family Nephtyidae can be found in all sediments, but most common in soft sediments. They are all burrowing, sub-surface deposit feeders (Ref. 107426). Considered active subsurface carnivores, although there are also records of surface deposit-feeding (Ref. 108042).

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 Aglaophamus lyrochaetus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Dnestrovskaya, N.Y. and I.A. Jirkov, 2012

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Rouse, G. and F. Pleijel, 2001
Feeding habit	variable
Feeding habit Ref.	Rouse, G. and F. Pleijel, 2001

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
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