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Ecology Summary - Alpheus heterochaelis
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Ecology of Alpheus heterochaelis
 
Main Ref. Abele, L.G. and W. Kim, 1986
Remarks Intertidal, in shallow waters in bays and other quiet waters. On mud bottoms with oyster clumps or rocks and rubble (Ref. 108765). Filter feeder and commonly found among shells. Reported to live symbiotically in the burrows of the black-clawed mud crab Panopeus herbstii in salt marshes (Ref. 108820).

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 Alpheus heterochaelis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref. Abele, L.G. and W. Kim, 1986
Special habitats Beds: bivalve; Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref. Dworschak, P.C. and J.A. Ott, 1993

Associations

Ref. Tolley, S.G. and A.K. Volety, 2005
Associations symbiosis;
Associated with Panopeus herbstii.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref. Smithsonian Marine Station at Force Pierce, 2016
Feeding habit variable
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition 2.13 0.11 Troph of juv./adults.
From individual food items 3.28 0.49 Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref. Odum, W.E. and E.J. Heald, 1972
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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