Ecology Summary - Panulirus echinatus

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Ecology of Panulirus echinatus

Main Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Remarks	Occurs at depths from 0 to 35 m, but usually not deeper than 25 m and lives in crevices in rocks, among boulders (Ref. 4). Prefers offshore regions (Ref. 81730). Nocturnal (Ref. 4). Generalist feeder (Ref. 101626).

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 Panulirus echinatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991

Associations

Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Góes, C.A. and J.E. Lins-Oliveira, 2009
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Góes, C.A. and J.E. Lins-Oliveira, 2009

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	3.22	0.53	3.10	0.45	Troph of adults.
From individual food items	3.09	0.24			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Góes, C.A. and J.E. Lins-Oliveira, 2009