Ecology Summary - Savignium crenatum

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Ecology of Savignium crenatum

Main Ref.	Achituv, Y., 2004
Remarks	Sublittoral (Refs. 99821, 106854). Obligatory symbionts of scleractinian corals, hydrocorals, and sponges (Ref. 3679).

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 Savignium crenatum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Hosie, A.M., A. Sampey, P.J. Davie and D.S. Jones, 2015
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Jones, D.S., M.A. Hewitt and A. Sampey, 2000
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Goniastrea aspera; Favites abdita; Merulina ampliaya
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	López, D.A., B.A. López, C.K. Pham, E.J. Isidro and M. De Girolamo, 2010
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	López, D.A., B.A. López, C.K. Pham, E.J. Isidro and M. De Girolamo, 2010

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
Ref.