Ecology Summary - Paradyte crinoidicola

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Ecology of Paradyte crinoidicola

Main Ref.	Wehe, T. and D. Fiege, 2002
Remarks	Associated with crinoids (Ref. 100838).

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 Paradyte crinoidicola may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: other invertebrates (Refer to associations.);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Zmarzly, D.L., 1984
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Comanthina schlegeli; Comanthus bennetti; Comanthus parvicirrus; Comaster gracilis.
Association remarks	The species roams in the arms of its host, orienting longitudinally in the ambulacrum.
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
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
Ref.