Ecology Summary - Botrylloides niger

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Ecology of Botrylloides niger

Main Ref.	Turon, X., 2010
Remarks	Often abundant in mangrove root communities (Refs. 1758, 121478), and an uncommon inhabitat of the reefs and ridges (Ref. 1758). It is abundantly overgrowing on oyster shells and other hard substrates (Ref. 86424).

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 Botrylloides niger may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Rocha, R.M., E. Guerra-Castro, C. Lira, S.M. Pauls, I. Hernandez, A. Perez, A. Sardi, J. Perez, C. Herrera, A.K. Carbonini, V. Caraballo, D. Salazar, M.C. Diaz and J.J. Cruz-Motta, 2010
Special habitats	Coral Reefs; vegetation ( roots/holdfast, );
Special habitats Ref.	Rocha, R.M., E. Guerra-Castro, C. Lira, S.M. Pauls, I. Hernandez, A. Perez, A. Sardi, J. Perez, C. Herrera, A.K. Carbonini, V. Caraballo, D. Salazar, M.C. Diaz and J.J. Cruz-Motta, 2010

Associations

Ref.	Turon, X., 2010
Associations	colony-forming/symphorism;
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

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.

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