Ecology Summary - Upogebia pugettensis

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Ecology of Upogebia pugettensis

Main Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Remarks	It burrows in muddy sand of the intertidal zone, sometimes under rocks; burrows are Y-shaped, and about 0.6 to 1 m deep (Ref. 4). Found in bays and estuaries (Ref. 112892).

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 Upogebia pugettensis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; demersal; megabenthos; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991

Associations

Ref.	Griffen, B.D., 2002
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Cryptoma californica.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Griffen, B.D., 2002
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Griffen, B.D., 2002

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.
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