Ecology Summary - Stephanometra indica

Ecology Summary - Stephanometra indica

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Ecology of Stephanometra indica

Main Ref.	Putchakarn, S. and P. Sonchaeng, 2004
Remarks	Occurs in tidepools (Ref. 101028). Subtidal on rocky outcrops at daylight (Ref. 102838). It is usually cryptic under rubble and at the reef during the day (Also Ref. 129602); it gets active at dusk, crawling to exposed perches and spreading its arms in a biplanar posture (Ref. 101028). Also found under dead and living corals (Refs. 100368, 129602). Suspension feeder (Ref. 68823).

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 Stephanometra indica may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Putchakarn, S. and P. Sonchaeng, 2004
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Messing, C.G., 2007

Associations

Ref.	Bruce, A.J., 1982
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Periclimenes ceratophthalmus (shrimp).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

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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