Ecology Summary - Penaeus kerathurus

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Ecology of Penaeus kerathurus

Main Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1980
Remarks	Found at depths of 5 to 75 m in bottom muddy sand, marine and estuarine environment (Ref. 8). Feeds at night on small benthic organism (mollusks, polychaetes, crustaceans and echinoderms; Ref. 434).

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 Penaeus kerathurus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; demersal; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1980
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1980
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Carlier, A., P. Riera, J.-M. Amouroux, J.-Y. Bodiou and A. Grémare, 2007
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Carlier, A., P. Riera, J.-M. Amouroux, J.-Y. Bodiou and A. Grémare, 2007

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Opmerking
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Opmerking
From diet composition					mollusks, polychaetes, crustaceans and echinoderms
From individual food items	3.54	0.32			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.), 1981