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Ecology of Heterocyathus aequicostatus
 
Main Ref. MarineSpecies.org, 2050
Remarks Free-living, solitary corals with a flat base. Commonly occurs on soft horizontal substrates at 20 m or more. Only at night do polyps extend. Associated with other corals, Heteropsammia cochlea and Cycloseris cyclolites.

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 Heterocyathus aequicostatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats Other habitats: other invertebrates (associated with a sipunculid);
Special habitats Ref. MarineSpecies.org, 2050

Associations

Ref. MarineSpecies.org, 2050
Associations commensalism;
Associated with Aspidosiphon corallicola.
Association remarks The sipunculid Aspidosiphon corallicola prevents the coral from being buried by moving it on other substrates.
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

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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