Ecology Summary - Priapulus caudatus

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Ecology of Priapulus caudatus

Main Ref.	Saldarriaga, J.F. and V. Storch, 1997
Remarks	Found in coasts (Ref. 422); in muddy sediments (Ref. 1578); and, in a crater of a marine volcano (Ref. 1589). It's a predator (Ref. 96501) and an omnivorous species and feeds on tissues of macrobenthic species (Ref. 95790).

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 Priapulus caudatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: meiobenthos; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Josefson, A.B., T.L. Forbes and R. Rosenberg, 2002
Special habitats	Other habitats: vents;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Saldarriaga, J.F. and V. Storch, 1997
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Trott, T.T., 1998
Feeding habit	variable
Feeding habit Ref.	Trott, T.T., 1998

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.