Ecology Summary - Parasagitta elegans

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Ecology of Parasagitta elegans

Main Ref.	Grant, G.C., 1963
Remarks	Mean latitude of occurrence = 56 (N); No known presence in China (Ref. 125708). Epiplanktonic. Feeds on copepods and fish larvae.

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 Parasagitta elegans may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Pauly, D., C. Liang, W. Xian, E. Chu and N. Bailly, 2021
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Grant, G.C., 1963
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Smoot, C.A. and R.R. Hopcroft, 2017

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	3.10	0.00			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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