Ecology Summary - Timarete anchylochaeta

Language:

Ecology of Timarete anchylochaeta

Main Ref.	Read, G.B. (comp.), 2004
Remarks	Lives in crevices, cracks and coral rubble where muddy sand accumulates. Also occurs on shallow reef platforms, in mussel and oyster beds (Ref. 107425). Deposit feeder (Ref. 107249), using its tentacles or palps to feed on particulate organic matter (Ref. 107425).

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 Timarete anchylochaeta may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Riegl, B. and S.J. Purkis, 2012
Special habitats	Beds: bivalve; Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Riegl, B. and S.J. Purkis, 2012

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Riegl, B. and S.J. Purkis, 2012
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Riegl, B. and S.J. Purkis, 2012

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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
Ref.