Ecology Summary - Colus gracilis

Ecology Summary - Colus gracilis

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Ecology of Colus gracilis

Main Ref.	Ellis, J.R., G. Burt and S.I. Rogers, 2007
Remarks	Epibenthic (Ref. 87524). Occurs at depths between 50 to 200 m in silt to very fine sand substrate (Ref. 96391).

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 Colus gracilis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand ( fine, ); silt;
Substrate Ref.	Callaway, R., J. Alsvag, I. de Boois, J. Cotter, A. Ford, H. Hinz, S. Jennings, I. Kroncke, J. Lancaster, G. Piet, P. Prince and S. Ehrich, 2002
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter, 1999
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Ramsay, K., M.J. Kaiser, P.G. Moore and R.N. Hughes, 1997
Feeding habit	feeding on dead animals (scavenger)
Feeding habit Ref.	Ramsay, K., M.J. Kaiser, P.G. Moore and R.N. Hughes, 1997

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
Ref.

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