Ecology Summary - Chondrilla caribensis

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Ecology of Chondrilla caribensis

Main Ref.	Rützler, K., S. Duran and C. Piantoni, 2007
Remarks	Occurs in shallow hard bottoms. Often attaches to seagrass blades, dead finger coral branches, mangrove prop roots and artificial structures (Ref. 85482).

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 Chondrilla caribensis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Messing, Charles., 2010
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; vegetation ( leaves, roots/holdfast, );
Special habitats Ref.	Messing, Charles., 2010

Associations

Ref.
Associations
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
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