Ecology Summary - Lysidice ninetta

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Ecology of Lysidice ninetta

Main Ref.	Read, G.B. (comp.), 2004
Remarks	Known from seamounts, knolls, cold seeps, hydrothermal vents, oxygen-minimum zones, and whale carcasses (Ref. 7993). Omnivorous, discretely mobile (Ref. 108262). Uses a jawed pharynx for feeding (Ref. 125928).

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 Lysidice ninetta may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; macrobenthos; Soft Bottom: sand;
Substrate Ref.	MarineSpecies.org, 2050
Special habitats	Other habitats: vents; seamounts; vertebrates (Known from whale carcasses.);
Special habitats Ref.	MarineSpecies.org, 2050

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.	Maciolek, N.J. and J.A. Blake, 2009
Feeding habit	variable
Feeding habit Ref.	MarineSpecies.org, 2050

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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