Ecology Summary - Moroteuthopsis ingens

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Ecology of Moroteuthopsis ingens

Main Ref.	Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney and C.E. Nauen, 1984
Remarks	Reported from the epipelagic zone to deepwater demersal habitats through ontogenetic migration. Females spawn at depths greater than 700m in New Zealand and Falkland Island waters. Reportedly exhibits cannibalism in Falkland Island waters (Ref. 128994).

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 Moroteuthopsis ingens may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: demersal; Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Jackson, G.D., J.F. McKinnon, C. Lalas, R. Ardern and N.G. Buxton, 1998
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney and C.E. Nauen, 1984
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	4.49	0.76			Troph of juv./adults.
From individual food items	4.27	0.83			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Chérel, Y. and G. Duhamel, 2003