Ecology Summary - Lithodes murrayi

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Ecology of Lithodes murrayi

Main Ref.	Macpherson, E., 2004
Remarks	Benthic. Occurs in deep water (Ref. 93860). Found on rocky bottoms (Ref. 103032) as well as soft bottoms with sparse epifauna (Ref. 106495). Has a very diverse diet and is an opportunistic forager and scavenger (Ref. 93860). Feeds on benthic sessile and slow-moving organisms (Ref. 96496). Highly opportunistic and also displays necrophagy (Ref. 113076).

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 Lithodes murrayi may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Naylor, J. R., W. R. Webber and J. D. Booth, 2005
Special habitats
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Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Arnaud, P.M. and J.C. Miquel, 1985
Feeding habit	variable
Feeding habit Ref.	Griffiths, H.J., R.J. Whittle, S.J. Roberts, M. Belchier and K. Linse, 2013

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	3.53	0.34			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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