Ecology Summary - Siphonosoma cumanense

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Ecology of Siphonosoma cumanense

Main Ref.	Australian Biological Resources Study, 2000
Remarks	Subtidal (Ref. 19); lives 5 to 15 m below the surface (Ref. 1834, page 429). Builds a permanent burrow in the sand, obtaining food particles by moving the finer organic materials washed into the burrow (Ref. 125338).

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 Siphonosoma cumanense may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: endofauna (infauna);
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows; other invertebrates (Commensal with Nipponomysella subtruncata (Ref. 1834, p. 429).);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Australian Biological Resources Study, 2000
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

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.