Ecology Summary - Thymops birsteini

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Ecology of Thymops birsteini

Main Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Remarks	Deep-sea species. Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 87391). Members of the family Nephropidae are generalists (Ref. 105344).

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 Thymops birsteini may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.	Laptikhovsky, V. and P.R. Reyes, 2009
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Walker, S.E. and C.E. Brett, 2002
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Walker, S.E. and C.E. Brett, 2002

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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