Ecology Summary - Sagartia elegans

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Ecology of Sagartia elegans

Main Ref.	Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter, 1999
Remarks	A sessile species (Refs. 3123, 95752). Known from infra- and circalittoral zones (Ref. 85338). Solitary (Ref. 2377). Carnivorous (Ref. 95752).

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 Sagartia elegans may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom
Substrate Ref.	Bonsdorff, E. and T.H. Pearson, 1999
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter, 1999
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Bonsdorff, E. and T.H. Pearson, 1999
Feeding habit	other
Feeding habit Ref.	Bonsdorff, E. and T.H. Pearson, 1999

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
Ref.