Ecology Summary - Aspidosiphon steenstrupii

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Ecology of Aspidosiphon steenstrupii

Main Ref.	Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés, 2005
Remarks	Commonly found burrowing in coral rubbles of the subtidal and intertidal zones (Ref. 415). Borings found in all types of coral rock throughout reef at all depths but are most common at reef crest in Porites asteroides and Acropora palmata (Ref. Commonly found burrowing in coral rubbles of the subtidal and intertidal zones (Ref. 87224).

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 Aspidosiphon steenstrupii may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Rice, M.E. and I.G. Macintyre, 1982
Special habitats	Beds: rock; Coral Reefs: reef slope/drop-offs; reef flats; Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Rice, M.E. and I.G. Macintyre, 1982

Associations

Ref.	Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés, 2005
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
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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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