Ecology Summary - Halichondria panicea

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Ecology of Halichondria panicea

Main Ref.	Dahl, L., 2002
Remarks	Filters small suspended particles, which includes free bacteria and colloidal organic matter (Ref. 96471). Trophic level 1.7-2.3 (Ref. 96418). Part of the fouling communities attached to raft frames in mariculture zones (Ref. 127121).

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 Halichondria panicea may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Preciado, I. and M. Maldonado, 2005
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Gotshall, D.W., 2005

Associations

Ref.	Puce, S., B. Calcinai, G. Bavestrello, C. Cerrano, C. Gravili and F. Boero, 2005
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Dipurena spongicola.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Schaal, G., P. Riera and C. Leroux, 2010
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Riisgard, H.U., S. Thomassen, H. Jakobsen, J.M. Weeks and P.S. Larsen, 1993

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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