Ecology Summary - Geryon longipes

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Ecology of Geryon longipes

Main Ref.	Apostolidis, C.A. and K.I. Stergiou, 2008
Remarks	Deep-sea species that inhabits bathyal mud bottoms (Ref. 106307). Occurs on the deep middle (Ref. 105217) and lower slope where the species is abundant (Ref. 122885). Recorded in the deep sea along with the gorgonacean coral Isidella elongata (Ref. 122886).

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 Geryon longipes may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.	Di Camillo, C., M. Bo, S. Puce, S. Tazioli, C. Froglia and G. Bavestrello, 2008
Special habitats	Other habitats: seamounts;
Special habitats Ref.	Sabatini, A.: Follesa, M.C., I. Locci, G. Matta, F. Palmas, A.A. Pendugiu, P. Pesci and A. Cau, 2010

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Cartes, J.E., 1993
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Cartes, J.E., 1993

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	3.49	0.53			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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