Ecology Summary - Himerometra robustipinna

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Ecology of Himerometra robustipinna

Main Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Remarks	Occurs on hard corals and hard substrates at depths down to 40 m. Filter feeds on plankton. Associated with shrimps and a lobster (Refs. 800, 100851, 102275).

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 Himerometra robustipinna may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Special habitats	Corals: hard corals: ( on exoskeleton, );
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Athanas (Ref. 800); Periclimenes ceratophthalmus; Periclimenes commensalis; Periclimenes tenuis; Parapontonia nudirostris* (shrimps) (Ref. 102275); Allogalathea inermis (Ref. 100851).*
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000

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	3.40	0.45			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
Ref.

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