Ecology of Nanosesarma minutum
 
Main Ref. Tan, C.G.S. and P.K.L. Ng, 1994
Remarks Intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 106854). Occurs in fresh water zone. Found on the mangroves Rhizophora and Avicennia as well as among oysters (Ref. 107330). Also found in sheltered rocky shores, in rock crevices and old oyster shells (Ref. 125338). Part of fouling communities found in mariculture zones (Ref. 127121).

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 Nanosesarma minutum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref. Ravichandran, S., S. Anthonisamy, T. Kannupandi and T. Balasubramanian, 2007
Special habitats Beds: bivalve; vegetation
Special habitats Ref. Ravichandran, S., S. Anthonisamy, T. Kannupandi and T. Balasubramanian, 2007

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref. Fredrick, W.S., S.A. Allayie and S. Ravichandran, 2013
Feeding habit browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref. Fredrick, W.S., S.A. Allayie and S. Ravichandran, 2013

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items 2.00 0.00 Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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