Ecology Summary - Luidia maculata

Ecology Summary - Luidia maculata

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Ecology of Luidia maculata

Main Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Remarks	Occurs on soft bottoms, exposed or buried in the sand (Also Ref. 129602) at depths of 0 to 90 m (Ref. 800). Also found on seagrass (Ref. 102259). Carnivorous and feeds on other echinoderms and molluscs (Ref. 800). Swallows prey as a whole, instead of protruding the stomach out to digest a prey (Ref. 125532).

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 Luidia maculata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; megabenthos; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Fishelson, L., 1971
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs: reef flats; Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Pinn, W.S., A.N.P. Fang, N.M. Razalli, N Nilamani, T.C. Peng, Z. Yasin, T.S. Hwai and T. Fujita, 2014

Associations

Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
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	3.93	0.12			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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