Ecology Summary - Calyx podatypa

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Ecology of Calyx podatypa

Main Ref.	Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés, 2005
Remarks	Common between coral rubble in shallow reefs, seagrass beds, and between sponges on mangrove roots (Ref. 415). Commensal with amphipods (Ref. 82302) and hosts alpheid shrimps on its canals (Ref. 86626).

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 Calyx podatypa may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Macdonald, K.S. III, R. Ríos and J.E. Duffy, 2006
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs; Corals: hard corals: ( interstitial spaces ); Other habitats: other invertebrates (Between sponges on mangrove roots.);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Thomas, J.D. and K.N. Klebba, 2007
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Commensalism: Leucothoe barana (Ref. 82302); Mutualism: Synalpheus goodei (Ref. 86626); Synalpheus filidigitus; Synalpheus pandionis; Synalpheus paraneptunus (Ref. 83410).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
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.