Ecology Summary - Octolasmis cor

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Ecology of Octolasmis cor

Main Ref.	Jones, D.S., M.A. Hewitt and A. Sampey, 2000
Remarks	Sublittoral (Ref. 99821). Known from shallow water (Ref. 81749). Goose barnacles are reported to be omnivores (Ref. 108461).

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 Octolasmis cor may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: other invertebrates (decapods);
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	Attached to gill chambers of decapods (e.g. Charybdis cruciata, Panulirus spp., Podophthalmus vigil, Scylla serrata, Thalamita crenata, Thalamita spinimana, Thalamita sima).
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.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

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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