Ecology Summary - Costasiella ocellifera

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Ecology of Costasiella ocellifera

Main Ref.	Hay, M.E., J.E. Duffy, V.J. Paul, P.E. Renaud and W. Fenical, 1990
Remarks	Found on submergent vegetation (Ref. 109264). Inhabits and feeds only on Avrainvillea longicaulis (Ref. 86695).

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 Costasiella ocellifera may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.	Hay, M.E., J.E. Duffy, V.J. Paul, P.E. Renaud and W. Fenical, 1990
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed; vegetation
Special habitats Ref.	Hay, M.E., J.E. Duffy, V.J. Paul, P.E. Renaud and W. Fenical, 1990

Associations

Ref.	Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn and E.F. Garcia, 2009
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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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