Ecology Summary - Cymodoce fuscina

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Ecology of Cymodoce fuscina

Main Ref.	Schotte, M. and B. Kensley, 2005
Remarks	Members of this genus are predominantly found on the continental shelf. Usually found from the intertidal to subtidal zones, in algal and seagrass beds, in dead intertidal and subtidal corals, dead barnacles and oyster shells (Ref. 107636). Members of the family Sphaeromatidae are omnivores in general (Ref. 108484). Genus Cymodoce are considered herbivores and predators of sponges (Ref. 108483).

Main Ref.

Schotte, M. and B. Kensley, 2005

Remarks

Members of this genus are predominantly found on the continental shelf. Usually found from the intertidal to subtidal zones, in algal and seagrass beds, in dead intertidal and subtidal corals, dead barnacles and oyster shells (Ref. 107636). Members of the family Sphaeromatidae are omnivores in general (Ref. 108484). Genus Cymodoce are considered herbivores and predators of sponges (Ref. 108483).

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 Cymodoce fuscina may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed; bivalve; sea grass;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Viejo, R.M., 1999
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

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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