Ecology Summary - Charybdis bimaculata

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Ecology of Charybdis bimaculata

Main Ref.	Ye, S., 2004
Remarks	Predominantly found in inner bays, living on sandy bottoms from the intertidal to a depth of 439 m (Ref. 118320). Also found in silt-clay sediments (Ref. 118321) and among seagrass in shallow waters (Ref. 125642).

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 Charybdis bimaculata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, fine, ); silt;
Substrate Ref.	Narita, T., M. Ganmanee and H. Sekiguchi, 2008
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass;
Special habitats Ref.	Wong, K.J.H., L.S.R. Tao and K.M.Y Leung, 2021

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Narita, T. and H. Sekiguchi, 2002
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Narita, T. and H. Sekiguchi, 2002

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	3.62	0.26			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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