Ecology Summary - Scaeurgus unicirrhus

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Ecology of Scaeurgus unicirrhus

Main Ref.	Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney and C.E. Nauen, 1984
Remarks	Littoral. On muddy bottom (Ref. 2082). Inhabits areas with low light levels (Ref. 106818). Associated with coralline bottoms ( Ref. 275). Capable of various color patterns, skin textures and body postures (Ref. 106818). Octopods are carnivores, preying mainly on crustaceans, fish and shelled molluscs (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 Scaeurgus unicirrhus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; demersal; Soft Bottom: mud; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Voss, G.L., 1951
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.	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
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition					molluscs, crustaceans, fishes
From individual food items
Ref.	Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney and C.E. Nauen, 1984