Ecology Summary - Synthecium dentigerum

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Ecology of Synthecium dentigerum

Main Ref.	Vervoort, W. and P. Vasseur, 1977
Remarks	Colonies in Moorea, French Polynesia were obtained at 15 m depth (Ref. 97579).

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 Synthecium dentigerum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Vervoort, W. and P. Vasseur, 1977
Associations
Associated with	Associated with various algae, sponges, some didemnid ascidians and bryozoans.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Coma, R., M. Ribes, C. Orejas and J.M. Gili, 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	2.73	0.31			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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