Ecology of Caligus haemulonis
 
Main Ref. Cressey, R., 1991
Remarks

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 Caligus haemulonis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats Other habitats: vertebrates (Fishes.);
Special habitats Ref. Cressey, R., 1991

Associations

Ref. Cressey, R., 1991
Associations parasitism;
Associated with Haemulon elegans; Chaetodipterus faber; Arius felis; Archosargus probatocephalus; Bairdiella chrysura; Menticirrus americanus; Aleuterus schoepfi; Haemulon sciurus; Haemulon carbonarium; Haemulon plumieri; Haemulon macrostomum; Anisotremus virginus (Ref. 87096).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
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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