Ecology Summary - Polycarpa aurita

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Ecology of Polycarpa aurita

Main Ref.	Rocha, R.M., S.B. Faria and T.R. Moreno, 2005
Remarks	Found at low tide up to 40 m depth, on silt, sand, and coral substrates (Ref. 1134); also on hard substrate (Ref. 116065); on the peat bank and roots and among Thalassia on the pond bottom (Ref. 1758). Occurs at the low tide mark. Filter-feeder (Ref. 68823).

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 Polycarpa aurita may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom: sand; silt; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs; vegetation ( roots/holdfast, );
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Rocha, R.M., S.B. Faria and T.R. Moreno, 2005
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Castro, P. and M.E. Huber, 2005

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.