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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

Ref.
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
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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