| Ref. principal | Sparholt, H., 1990 |
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| Notas | Lives in Y-shaped tubes in the mud in 50-200 m depth (Ref.35388). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on small crustaceans, mollusks, brittle stars and worms (Ref. 5204). Preyed upon by cod, pollock, small starfish and molluscs. Parasite of the species is known to be a copepod, Haemobaphes cyclopterina found on the gills (Ref. 5951). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Substrato | Soft Bottom |
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| Associações | shoaling; |
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| Comentários sobre associação | Burrows in soft bottoms of sublittoral waters (Ref. 86779). Spawning possibly occurring in 2 river estuaries along the central coast of Maine; successfully breeds in the southern part of the range in the Gulf of Maine; based on larval catch from January-April, with peak catch in March (Ref. 86779). |
| Parasitismo |
| Tipo de alimentação | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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| Feeding type Ref. | Sparholt, H., 1990 |
| Hábito alimentar | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
| Feeding habit Ref. | Sparholt, H., 1990 |
| Estimation method | Amostra original | População virgem (não pescada) | Nota | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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| Dos itens alimentares individuais | 3.59 | 0.48 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
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