 This cannibalistic behavior has a significant impact on community dynamics, disrupting local food chains, and altering ecosystem function.The demon shrimp’s omnivorous diet also proves  advantageous over native gammarid species; as they have more available food sources to sustain their growth.The wide habitat breadth, carnivorous activities, high fecundity, and rapid growth of "Dikerogammarus haemobaphes" makes this species an extremely successful invader.