Ecology Summary - Gnathophyllum americanum

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Ecology of Gnathophyllum americanum

Main Ref.	Fransen, C.H.J.M., 1987
Remarks	Free-living or associated with corals (Ref. 75706). Found on rocky bottoms, seagrass beds and coral reefs in subtidal areas (Ref. 83922). On emergent vegetation (Ref. 97531). Dwells in seagrass habitats in Belize. Forms facultative associations with sea anemones (Ref. 128695).

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 Gnathophyllum americanum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Fransen, C.H.J.M., 1987
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Poupin, J., 1998

Associations

Ref.	Brooker, R.M., W.E. Feeney, T.L. Sih, M.C.O. Ferrari and D.P. Chivers, 2019
Associations
Associated with	Stichodactyla helianthus.
Association remarks	On the column but not in contact with the tentacles of Stichodactyla helianthus.
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
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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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