Ecology Summary - Apostichopus japonicus

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Ecology of Apostichopus japonicus

Main Ref.	Selin, N.I., 2001
Remarks	A sediment-feeder and bio-scavenger; ingests organic matter in sediment, e.g., bacteria, protozoa, diatoms, plant and animal debris including faeces (Ref. 77143).

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 Apostichopus japonicus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Selin, N.I., 2001
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed; bivalve; Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Selin, N.I., 2001

Associations

Ref.	Pivkin, M.V., 2000
Associations
Associated with	The following fungal species may be found in its intestines: Acremonium fusidioides, Alternaria alternata, Chaeotomium olivaceum, Cladosporium atrospermum, C. brevicompactum, C. sphaerospermum, Dendryphiella arenaria, Oidiodendron truncatum, Penicillium brevicompactum, P. commune, P. herquei, Trichoderma aureoviride, T. harzianum, T. viride.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Wen, B, Q.F. Gao, S.L. Dong, Y.R. Hou and H.B. Yu, 2016
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Wen, B, Q.F. Gao, S.L. Dong, Y.R. Hou and H.B. Yu, 2016

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	2.37	0.00			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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