Ecology Summary - Coralliocaris graminea

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Ecology of Coralliocaris graminea

Main Ref.	Poupin, J., 1998
Remarks	Subtidal on hard bottom (Ref. 106854). Associated with an assemblage of scleractinians (Refs. 75706, 102728).

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 Coralliocaris graminea may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Hosie, A.M., A. Sampey, P.J. Davie and D.S. Jones, 2015
Special habitats	Corals: hard corals;
Special habitats Ref.	CRUSTA, 2012

Associations

Ref.	Poupin, J., 1998
Associations	symbiosis; commensalism;
Associated with	Pocillopora (Ref. 75706), particularly with Pocillopora danae; Pocillopora elongata; Stylophora erythraea; Acropora corymbosa; Acropora cymbicyathus; Acropora haimei ; Acropora hebes; Acropora nana; Acropora nastita; Acropora ramiculose; Acropora squamosa; Acropora variabilis (Ref. 102728).
Association remarks	Coral hosts provide nutrition, direct or indirect, and protection against predators (Ref. 102728).
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	feeding on the prey of a host (commensal)
Feeding habit Ref.	Bruce, A.J., 1972

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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