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Ecology of Dynamena cornicina
 
Main Ref. Spracklin, B.W., 1982
Remarks Found in Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, in patch reefs, mangrove islands, Thalassia sp. beds, back reef, low spur and groove zone, sand trough and fore-reef slopes on Thalassia sp. blades, mangrove roots and substrates composed of dead corals and gorgonians at depths of 0 to 31 m. As with other hydroids, this species exhibits a pelagic medusoid stage (Ref. 87156).

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 Dynamena cornicina may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: sessile; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref. Spracklin, B.W., 1982
Special habitats Beds: algae/seaweed; Coral Reefs: reef slope/drop-offs; lagoons; vegetation ( leaves, roots/holdfast, );
Special habitats Ref. Spracklin, B.W., 1982

Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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