Ecology Summary - Comanthus parvicirrus
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Ecology of Comanthus parvicirrus
 
Main Ref. Jeng, M.-S., 1998
Remarks Inhabits a lagoon, in clump of Monitpora verrucosa, under rubble and overhangs, and found along with alpheids (Ref. 101028). Also occurs in a reef flat at a depth of 9 m (Ref. 100838). Semicryptic with arms extended in a multidirectional posture, beneath ledges and crevices (Ref. 100368). Associated with an assemblage of shrimps, a lobster, polychaete, and snail (Refs. 100838, 100851,102275). Suspension feeder (Ref. 68823).

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 Comanthus parvicirrus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref. Jeng, M.-S., 1998
Special habitats Coral Reefs: reef flats; lagoons;
Special habitats Ref. Kirkendale, L. and C.G. Messing, 2003

Associations

Ref. Zmarzly, D.L., 1984
Associations symbiosis;
Associated with Palaemonella odontorhyncha; Pontoniopsis comanthi; Synalpheus carinatus; Synalpheus stimpsoni Ref. 100838); Palaemonella pottsi; Periclimenes commensalis (shrimps) (Ref. 102275); Paradyte crinoidicola (polychaete);Clanculus atropurpureus (snail) (Ref. 100838); Galathea inflata (lobster) (Ref. 100851).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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