Ecology Summary - Pachycara crassiceps
Ecology of Pachycara crassiceps
 
Main Ref. Wayland, M.T., C. Sommerville and D.I. Gibson, 1999
Remarks Benthic. Dwells on the continental slopes of the eastern Atlantic. Feeds on small invertebrates, such as sipinculids and polychaetes.

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 Pachycara crassiceps may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic;
Substrate Ref. Wayland, M.T., C. Sommerville and D.I. Gibson, 1999
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Wayland, M.T., C. Sommerville and D.I. Gibson, 1999
Associations parasitism;
Associated with Echinorhynchus brayi;
Association remarks
Parasitism inside host (In the pyloric caeca, along the full length of the intestine, and in the body cavity.)

Feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.
Trophic Level(s)
Estimation method Original sample Unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items 3.50 0.22 Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. oophagy)
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