Warning: session_start(): open(e:\temp\sess_1fd3f2f62d57f837f294f6ec20aca7b6, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in C:\Apache24\htdocs\includes\lang_session.php on line 4

Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session data: files (path: e:\temp) in C:\Apache24\htdocs\includes\lang_session.php on line 4
Ecology Summary - Tremoctopus violaceus
SeaLifeBase
Ecology of Tremoctopus violaceus
 
Main Ref. Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Remarks Observed at the surface at night but may undergo small diel vertical migrations. Females are reported to feed on pteropod molluscs and small fishes. Known to occur, on occasion, in plague proportions (Ref. 96968).

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 Tremoctopus violaceus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Pelagic;
Substrate Ref. Jereb, P., C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman and J.K. Finn, 2014
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref. Jereb, P., C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman and J.K. Finn, 2014
Feeding habit hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref. Jereb, P., C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman and J.K. Finn, 2014

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
Comments & Corrections
 
 
Back to Search