Ecology of Litiopa melanostoma
 
Main Ref. Watson, R.B., 1886
Remarks Pelagic (Ref. 109264). Found attached to floating debris (Ref. 75835). Found on offshore banks, on submergent vegetation (Ref. 109264).

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 Litiopa melanostoma may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Pelagic;
Substrate Ref. Higo, S., P. Callomon and Y. Goto, 1999
Special habitats Other habitats: seamounts; vegetation
Special habitats Ref. Watson, R.B., 1886

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit grazing on aquatic plants
Feeding habit Ref. Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn and E.F. Garcia, 2009

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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