Ecology of Dynamena disticha
 
Main Ref. Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira, 2002
Remarks Colonial (Ref. 19). Epibiotic (Ref. 116013). Known from mangroves (Ref. 86642), tidal inlets, exposed areas of bays, including any ledges at their entrance, sounds, caves, shallow reefs, deeper coastal substrates (25-100m) of the offshore fore-reef slope, surface or near surface water layers, including porpitids and the halopelagic Sargassum sp. fauna and banks (Refs. 86643).

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 Dynamena disticha may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref. Calder, D.R. and S.D. Cairns, 2009
Special habitats Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira, 2002
Associations colony-forming/symphorism;
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
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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