Ecology Summary - Portunus armatus

Ecology Summary - Portunus armatus

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Ecology of Portunus armatus

Main Ref.	CRUSTA, 2012
Remarks	Most abundant in sheltered marine embayments and estuaries (Ref. 122767). Estuarine, inshore, intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 106854). Occurs in coastal waters (Ref. 122766). Lives in a variety of inshore and continental shelf waters. Prefers flatter sandy to muddy bottoms with algal and seagrass communities (Ref. 111207).

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 Portunus armatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; demersal; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	CRUSTA, 2012
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed; sea grass;
Special habitats Ref.	Lai, J.C.Y., P.K.L. Ng and P.J.F. Davie, 2010

Associations

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feeding

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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	3.19	0.38			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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