Ecology Summary - Litiopa melanostoma

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Ecology of Litiopa melanostoma

Main Ref.	Watson, R.B., 1886
Remarks	Pelagic (Ref. 109264). Found attached to floating debris (Ref. 75835). Found on offshore banks, on submergent vegetation (Ref. 109264).

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 Litiopa melanostoma may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Higo, S., P. Callomon and Y. Goto, 1999
Special habitats	Other habitats: seamounts; vegetation
Special habitats Ref.	Watson, R.B., 1886

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	grazing on aquatic plants
Feeding habit Ref.	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn and E.F. Garcia, 2009

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
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