Ecology Summary - Liocarcinus holsatus

Ecology Summary - Liocarcinus holsatus

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Ecology of Liocarcinus holsatus

Main Ref.	Healy, B., 1997
Remarks	Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 106090). Occurs at depths below 50 m, in coarse sand substrate (Ref. 96391). Epibenthic (Ref. 87524). A ubiquitous, free-living species (Ref. 96391). Forages for food on substrate (Ref. 96377).

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 Liocarcinus holsatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, );
Substrate Ref.	Ellis, J.R., G. Burt and S.I. Rogers, 2007
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Choy, S., 1986
Associations	parasitism;
Associated with	Priapion fraissei; Sacculina carcini.
Association remarks	Host to Priapion fraissei and Sacculina carcini.
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Carlier, A., P. Riera, J.-M. Amouroux, J.-Y. Bodiou and A. Grémare, 2007
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Schröder, A., C. Orejas and T. Joschko, 2006

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	3.16	0.42			Troph of juv./adults.
From individual food items	3.28	0.36			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Choy, S.C., 1986

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