Ecology Summary - Triplofusus giganteus

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Ecology of Triplofusus giganteus

Main Ref.	Rosenberg, G., 2009
Remarks	Collected from a tidal flat (Ref. 126101). Found in coastal lagoons (Ref. 126100) and in shallow-water seagrass beds (Refs. 126098, 109264, 126100).

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 Triplofusus giganteus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn and E.F. Garcia, 2009
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass;
Special habitats Ref.	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn and E.F. Garcia, 2009

Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn and E.F. Garcia, 2009
Feeding habit
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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	3.77	0.11			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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