Ecology Summary - Aspidosiphon parvulus

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Ecology of Aspidosiphon parvulus

Main Ref.	Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés, 2005
Remarks	Found in marine and brackish environments along subtidal zone. Burrows in coral rubble and mangrove root mats; may also be found mutually living with Themiste alutacea (Ref. 415). This species is collected from mangrove and Thalassia root mats (Ref. 86591).

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 Aspidosiphon parvulus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Corals: hard corals; Other habitats: burrows; vegetation ( roots/holdfast, ); other invertebrates (Often living with Themiste alutacea and Nephasoma pellucidum in branching corals (Ref. 1840, p. 225).);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés, 2005
Associations	mutualism;
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
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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
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