Ecology Summary - Osedax rubiplumus

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Ecology of Osedax rubiplumus

Main Ref.	Rouse, G.W., S.K. Goffredi and R.C. Vrijenhoek, 2004
Remarks	Inhabits and feeds on bones of gray whale carcass (Eschrichtius robustus).

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 Osedax rubiplumus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	: sessile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: vertebrates (Inhabits gray whale carcass.);
Special habitats Ref.	Rouse, G.W., S.K. Goffredi and R.C. Vrijenhoek, 2004

Associations

Ref.	Rouse, G.W., S.K. Goffredi and R.C. Vrijenhoek, 2004
Associations
Associated with	Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) carcass.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	feeding on dead animals (scavenger)
Feeding habit Ref.	Rouse, G.W., S.K. Goffredi and R.C. Vrijenhoek, 2004

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
Ref.