Ecology Summary - Culcita novaeguineae

Ecology Summary - Culcita novaeguineae

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Ecology of Culcita novaeguineae

Main Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Remarks	Occurs on living coral reefs at reef edge and slope at depths of 1 to 20 m. Feeds on coral polyps, other small sessile invertebrates (Ref. 800) and other encrusting invertebrates (Ref. 129602). Associated with Periclimenes soror (commensal) found on its undersurface (Ref. 800).

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 Culcita novaeguineae may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Special habitats	Coral Reefs: lagoons;
Special habitats Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000

Associations

Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Periclimenes soror.
Association remarks	Associated with Periclimenes soror (commensal) found on its undersurface (Ref. 800).
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000

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	3.95	0.42			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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