Ecology Summary - Lepidasthenia stylolepis

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Ecology of Lepidasthenia stylolepis

Main Ref.	Wehe, T. and D. Fiege, 2002
Remarks	Commensal of the sipunculid Siphonosoma vastus, in silty sand (Ref. 107872). Polynoids in general are considered carnivores, feeding on small crustaceans, echinoderms, polychaetes, gastropods, sponges and hydroids Ref. 108044).

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 Lepidasthenia stylolepis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand; silt;
Substrate Ref.	Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)., 1970
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)., 1970
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Siphonosoma vastus
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

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.