Ecology Summary - Amphicteis gunneri

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Ecology of Amphicteis gunneri

Main Ref.	Healy, B., 1997
Remarks	Megabenthic species (Ref. 2952). Found in red clay at a depth of 5032.5 m (Ref. 78667). Known on bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary (Ref. 87872). A surface deposit feeder (Ref. 96501).

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 Amphicteis gunneri may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; megabenthos; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Piepenburg, D., N.V. Chernova, C.F. von Dorrien, J. Gutt, A.V. Neyelov, E. Rachor, L. Saldanha and M.K. Schmid, 1996
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Piepenburg, D., N.V. Chernova, C.F. von Dorrien, J. Gutt, A.V. Neyelov, E. Rachor, L. Saldanha and M.K. Schmid, 1996
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Josefson, A.B., T.L. Forbes and R. Rosenberg, 2002
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Josefson, A.B., T.L. Forbes and R. Rosenberg, 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
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