Ecology Summary - Galeodea rugosa

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Ecology of Galeodea rugosa

Main Ref.	Templado, J. and R. Villanueva, 2010
Remarks	Occurs on soft bottoms of several mud volcanoes (Ref. 105640). Found in the continental shelf (Ref. 122967) and slope (Ref. 105629). Members of the family Cassidae are carnivores with a single pair or large salivary glands, feeding on echinoderms (Ref. 106989).

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 Galeodea rugosa may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.	Rueda, J.L., E. González-García, P. Marina, T. Oporto, C. Rittierott and N. López-González, 2012
Special habitats	Other habitats: seamounts;
Special habitats Ref.	Rueda, J.L., E. González-García, P. Marina, T. Oporto, C. Rittierott and N. López-González, 2012

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Andrews, E.B., A.M. Page and J.D. Taylor, 1999
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Andrews, E.B., A.M. Page and J.D. Taylor, 1999

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	3.93	0.14			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
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