Ecology Summary - Metopograpsus latifrons

Ecology Summary - Metopograpsus latifrons

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Ecology of Metopograpsus latifrons

Main Ref.	Hosie, A.M., A. Sampey, P.J. Davie and D.S. Jones, 2015
Remarks	Intertidal (Ref. 106854). Found in mangrove areas, on prop roots of Rhizophora and tree trunks, at times in crevices during low tide (Ref. 132300), and in Indonesia in zonations of Rhizophora apiculata and Sonneratia alba (Ref. 132301).

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 Metopograpsus latifrons may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	vegetation ( roots/holdfast, );
Special habitats Ref.	Masagca, J.T., 2011

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Masagca, J.T., 2011
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

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	2.82	0.03			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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