Ecology Summary - Comaster schlegelii

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Ecology of Comaster schlegelii

Main Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Remarks	Inhabits live or dead corals in shallow water (Ref. 800). Under overhangs (Ref. 10128). Also on reef slope; on rubble and sandy bottom. Usually semicryptic in reef crevices (Ref. 100368). Known as a host to various crustaceans (Refs. 100838, 102275). Seen among alpheids, pontoniines, galatheids, and myzostomes (Ref. 101028). Suspension feeder (Ref. 68823).

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 Comaster schlegelii may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Kirkendale, L. and C.G. Messing, 2003
Special habitats	Beds: rock; Coral Reefs: lagoons; Corals: hard corals;
Special habitats Ref.	Kirkendale, L. and C.G. Messing, 2003

Associations

Ref.	Baeza, J.A., 2011
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Allogalathea elegans (lobster); Palaemonella pottsi; Periclimenes pilipess; Periclimenes commensalis; Synalpheus carinatus (Ref. 100838); Synalpheus stimpsoni; Synalpheus demani (shrimps) (Ref. 102275); Paradyte crinoidicola; Myzostoma sp. (polychaetes); Calliostoma Swainson sp.; Clanculus atropurpureus (snails) (Ref. 100838); Galathea amboinensis; Galathea inflata (Ref. 100851).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.

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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