Ecology Summary - Spirobranchus corniculatus

Ecology Summary - Spirobranchus corniculatus

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Ecology of Spirobranchus corniculatus

Main Ref.	Paxton, H. and L.M. Chou, 2000
Remarks	Obligatory associates of hermatypic corals (Ref. 108018).

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 Spirobranchus corniculatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Willette, D.A., A.R. Iñiguez, E.K. Kupriyanova, C.J. Starger, T. Varman, A.H. Toha, B.A. Maralit and P.H. Barber, 2015

Associations

Ref.	Willette, D.A., A.R. Iñiguez, E.K. Kupriyanova, C.J. Starger, T. Varman, A.H. Toha, B.A. Maralit and P.H. Barber, 2015
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	hermatypic corals.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	George, J.D., 2012
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	George, J.D., 2012

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
Ref.

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