Ecology Summary - Rathkea octopunctata

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Ecology of Rathkea octopunctata

Main Ref.	Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003
Remarks	North-boreal species in the Atlantic and Pacific (Ref. 2376). Meroplanktonic (Ref. 120471).

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 Rathkea octopunctata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Ronowicz, M., A.L.P. Cantero, B.M. Casares, P. Kukliński and J.J.S. Àngel, 2019
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition					Young copepods, cladocerans, rotifers and tunicate larvae.
From individual food items	3.21	0.27			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Wrobel, D. and C.E. Mills, 1998