Ecology Summary - Oratosquilla oratoria

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Ecology of Oratosquilla oratoria

Main Ref.	Manning, R.B., 1998
Remarks	Demersal (Ref. 105264). Burrows in near-shore level-bottom substrates (Ref. 92) in sheltered embayment or estuaries (Ref. 3099). Occurs in muddy bottoms of bays and inlets (Ref. 105263). Feeds mainly on crustaceans, mollusks, polychaetes, and fish; occasionally on plant materials (Ref. 105093).

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 Oratosquilla oratoria may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; demersal; endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.	Hamano, T., N.M. Morrissy and S. Matsuura, 1987
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Manning, R.B., 1998
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Lui, K.Y., 2005
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Prasad, R. and Y.P. Rao, 2015

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	3.48	0.47			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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