Ecology Summary - Cliona viridis

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Ecology of Cliona viridis

Main Ref.	Hooper, J.N.A., J.A. Kennedy and R.W.M. van Soest, 2000
Remarks	In Spain, it was observed that the grazing sea urchin on seaweeds increases light availability at the basal stratum, which favours the primary production of the symbiotic zooxanthellae and thus C. virids growth through nutrient transfer (Ref. 124616).

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 Cliona viridis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Rützler, K., R.W.M. van Soest and C. Piantoni, 2009

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
Ref.

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