Ecology Summary - Plesionika edwardsii

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Ecology of Plesionika edwardsii

Main Ref.	Pinho, M.R., J.M. Gonçalves, H.R. Martins and G.M. Menezes, 2001
Remarks	Occurs in the continental shelf (Ref. 122888) and bathyal communities of the upper and middle slope (Refs. 113874, 102666), where it is dominant in the latter (Ref. 102666). Found in muddy and rocky bathyal substrates (Ref. 122889).

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 Plesionika edwardsii may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref.	CRUSTA, 2012
Special habitats	Other habitats: seamounts;
Special habitats Ref.	MarineSpecies.org, 2050

Associations

Ref.	Pinho, M.R., J.M. Gonçalves, H.R. Martins and G.M. Menezes, 2001
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Fanelli, E. and J.E. Cartes, 2004
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
From individual food items	3.53	0.48			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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