Ecology Summary - Hymeniacidon caerulea

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Ecology of Hymeniacidon caerulea

Main Ref.	Hultgren, K.M., K.S. MacDonald III and J.E. Duffy, 2010
Remarks	Known from coral reefs and rocky bottoms (Ref. 83912). Hosts alpheid shrimps on its canals (Ref. 86626).

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 Hymeniacidon caerulea may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Hultgren, K.M., K.S. MacDonald III and J.E. Duffy, 2010
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Cortés, J., N. Van Der Hal and R.W.M. Van Soest, 2009

Associations

Ref.	Hultgren, K.M., K.S. MacDonald III and J.E. Duffy, 2010
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Synalpheus sanctithomae; Synalpheus ul; Synalpheus williamsi (Ref. 86626); Synalpheus androsi; Synalpheus brevifrons; Synalpheus pandionis; Synalpheus paraneptunus; Synalpheus regalis; Synalpheus minus; Synalpheus scaphoceris (Ref. 83410).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

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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