Ecology Summary - Cymatium nicobaricum

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Ecology of Cymatium nicobaricum

Main Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Remarks	Most common between tide marks and in shallow subtidal waves. Inhabits dead coral blocks (Ref. 799). Also found in shelf zones (Ref. 349), outer edges of windward reef flats (Ref. 69146), intertidal coral reefs, reef and coastal lagoons, particularly on algae, boulder, coral, rock, sand and shell habitats (Ref. 83934). Also on seagrass and offshore banks (Ref. 109264).

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 Cymatium nicobaricum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Springsteen, F.J. and F.M. Leobrera, 1986
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed; rock; sea grass; Coral Reefs: reef flats; lagoons;
Special habitats Ref.	Rodríguez-Sevilla, L., R. Vargas and J. Cortés, 2009

Associations

Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Govan, H., 1995
Feeding habit
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	3.23	0.17			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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