Ecology Summary - Nephasoma diaphanes

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Ecology of Nephasoma diaphanes

Main Ref.	Cutler, E.B., A. Schulze and H.K. Dean, 2004
Remarks	It inhabits sand, silt, mud, and is found in foraminiferal tests, small polychaete tubes, and mollusc shells (Ref. 117895). Cosmopolitan cold-water species; from bathyal to abyssal depths down to 5300 m (Ref. 776).

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 Nephasoma diaphanes may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand; silt; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Kedra, M. and G.V. Murina, 2007
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Cutler, E.B., A. Schulze and H.K. Dean, 2004
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
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
Ref.