Ecology Summary - Platylepas hexastylos

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Ecology of Platylepas hexastylos

Main Ref.	Spivey, H.R., 1981
Remarks

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 Platylepas hexastylos may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: demersal;
Substrate Ref.	Young, P.S., 1998
Special habitats	Other habitats: vertebrates (fish, turtles, sea snakes, manatees and dugongs.);
Special habitats Ref.	Jones, D.S., M.A. Hewitt and A. Sampey, 2000

Associations

Ref.	Jones, D.S., M.A. Hewitt and A. Sampey, 2000
Associations
Associated with	Epizoic on fish, turtles, sea snakes, manatees and dugongs.
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
Ref.