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Ecology of Anneissia bennetti
 
Main Ref. Schoppe, S., 2000
Remarks Inhabits exposed live or dead coral heads from 0 to 50 m in areas with strong currents (Ref. 800). Some individuals found to have incompletely exposed arms under edges of dead Acropora sp. (Ref. 100368). Associated with shrimps, lobsters, a polychaete, and fish (Refs. 800, 102254, 102275). Suspension feeder (Ref. 66823).

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 Anneissia bennetti may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref. Jeng, M.-S., 1998
Special habitats Corals: hard corals: ( on exoskeleton, );
Special habitats Ref. Schoppe, S., 2000

Associations

Ref. Schoppe, S., 2000
Associations symbiosis;
Associated with Discotrema crinophila (Ergard and Moosleitner, 1985) (fish); Allogalathea elegans (Refs. 800, 100851), Allogalathea babai, Allogalathea inermis (lobsters) (Ref. 100851); Hololepidella laingensis (polychaete) (Ref. 102254); Palaemonella pottsi; Periclimenes commensalis (shrimps) (Ref. 102275).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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