Ecology Summary - Octolasmis angulata

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Ecology of Octolasmis angulata

Main Ref.	Jones, D.S., 2004
Remarks	Sublittoral (Ref. 99821). Epizoic (Ref. 106854). Goose barnacles are reported to be omnivores (Ref. 108461).

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 Octolasmis angulata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: other invertebrates (decapods);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Jones, D.S., M.A. Hewitt and A. Sampey, 2000
Associations
Associated with	Attached to gills and mouthparts of a variety of decapods (e.g. Atergatis integerrimus, Charybdis cruciata, Charybdis natator, Camposcia retusa, Charybdis truncata, Etisus utilis, Lophozozymus pictor, Menippe rumphii, Myomenippe hardwicki, Podophthalmus vigil, Portunus pelagicus, Portunus sanguinolentus, Thalamita crenata, Thalamita danae, Thalamita exaratus, Thalamita spinimana).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	López, D.A., B.A. López, C.K. Pham, E.J. Isidro and M. De Girolamo, 2010
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 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.