Known predators

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Known predators

Ostracoda (Ostracods) is prey of:
Fundulus heteroclitus
Oxyurichthyes lonchotus
Palaemonetes
Eleotris sandwicensis
Haplochromis guentheri
Haplochromis fenestratus
Bathyclarias worthingtoni
Labidochromis vellicans
Labidochromis caeruleus
Haplochromis euchilus
Haplochromis ornatus
Hydropsychidae
Neoperla spio
Barilius microcephalus
Melanochromis melanopterus
Varicorhinus nyasensis
Haplochromis johnstoni
Haplochromis dimidiatus
Engraulicypris sardella
Actinopterygii
Lethrinops brevis
Synodontis zambesensis
Lethrinops
Haplochromis chrysonotus
Coregonus albula
Coregonus lavaretus
Mysidacea
Ostracoda
Euphausiacea
Hyperiidea
Cyclopoida
Calanoida
Chaetognatha
Polychaeta
Haplochromis angustifrons
Cottus bairdii
Eucalia inconstans
Catostomus commersoni
sediment POC
Tadorna tadorna
Numenius arquatus
Pollachius virens
Pholis gunnellus
Zoarces viviparus
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Crangon crangon

Based on studies in:
USA: Rhode Island (Marine)
USA: Hawaii (Swamp)
Malawi, Lake Nyasa (Lake or pond)
Finland (Lake or pond, Littoral)
Uganda, Lake George (Lake or pond)
Pacific (Marine, Tropical)
Canada: Ontario, Mad River (River)
USA: Florida (Estuarine)
Scotland (Estuarine)
Canada: Ontario (River)

This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.

S. W. Nixon and C. A. Oviatt, Ecology of a New England salt marsh, Ecol. Monogr. 43:463-498, from p. 491 (1973).
G. E. Walsh, An ecological study of a Hawaiian mangrove swamp. In: Estuaries, G. H. Lauff, Ed. (AAAS Publication 83, Washington, DC, 1967), pp. 420-431, from p. 429.
G. Fryer, The trophic interrelationships and ecology of some littoral communities of Lake Nyasa, Proc. London Zool. Soc. 132:153-281, from p. 218 (1959).
K. Aulio, K. Jumppanen, H. Molsa, J. Nevalainen, M. Rajasilta, I. Vuorinen, Litoraalin merkitys Pyhajarven kalatuotannolle, Sakylan Pyhajarven Tila Ja Biologinen Tuotanto (Lounais-Suomen Vesiensuojeluyhdistys R. Y., Turku, Finland, 1981) 47:173-176.
E. A. Shushkina and M. E. Vinogradov, Trophic relationships in communities and the functioning of marine ecosystems: II. Some results of investigations on the pelagic ecosystem in tropical regions of the ocean. In: Marine Production Mechanisms, M. J. Dun
D. J. W. Moriarty, J. P. E. C. Darlington, I. G. Dunn, C. M. Moriarty and M. P. Tevlin, Feeding and grazing in Lake George, Uganda, Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 184:299-319 (1973).
W. E. Ricker, 1934. An ecological classification of certain Ontario streams. Univ. Toronto Studies, Biol. Serv. 37, Publ. Ontario Fish. Res. Lab. 49:7-114, from pp. 78, 89.
W. E. Ricker, 1934. An ecological classification of certain Ontario streams. Univ. Toronto Studies, Biol. Serv. 37, Publ. Ontario Fish. Res. Lab. 49:7-114, from pp. 105-106.
G. Fryer, The trophic interrelationships and ecology of some littoral communities of Lake Nyasa, Proc. London Zool. Soc. 132:153-281, from p. 217 (1959).
Christian RR, Luczkovich JJ (1999) Organizing and understanding a winters seagrass foodweb network through effective trophic levels. Ecol Model 117:99124
Hall SJ, Raffaelli D (1991) Food-web patterns: lessons from a species-rich web. J Anim Ecol 60:823842
Huxham M, Beany S, Raffaelli D (1996) Do parasites reduce the chances of triangulation in a real food web? Oikos 76:284300