Ecology Summary - Troglocarcinus corallicola

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Ecology of Troglocarcinus corallicola

Main Ref.	Carricart-Ganivet, J.P., L.F. Carrera-Parra, L.I. Quan-Young and M.S. García-Madrigal, 2004
Remarks	Forms pits in Manicina areolata colonies (Ref. 86844).

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 Troglocarcinus corallicola may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.	Carricart-Ganivet, J.P., L.F. Carrera-Parra, L.I. Quan-Young and M.S. García-Madrigal, 2004
Special habitats	Other habitats: other invertebrates (pits on Mannicina areolata);
Special habitats Ref.	Carricart-Ganivet, J.P., L.F. Carrera-Parra, L.I. Quan-Young and M.S. García-Madrigal, 2004

Associations

Ref.	Carricart-Ganivet, J.P., L.F. Carrera-Parra, L.I. Quan-Young and M.S. García-Madrigal, 2004
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Manicina areolata.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
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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	2.48	0.19			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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