Ecology Summary - Rhynchothorax australis

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Ecology of Rhynchothorax australis

Main Ref.	Child, C.A., 1998
Remarks	Coastal to abyssal (Ref. 19).

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 Rhynchothorax australis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	(Feeding on hosts: Eudendrium tottoni (Ref. 231).);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Fry, W.G., 1965
Feeding habit	feeding on a host (parasite)
Feeding habit Ref.	Fry, W.G., 1965

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	4.57	0.09			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
Ref.

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