Ecology Summary - Hymenocera picta

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Ecology of Hymenocera picta

Main Ref.	Poupin, J., 1998
Remarks	Predator of sea stars, including crown-of- thorns starfish (Ref. 122680).

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 Hymenocera picta may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.	Poupin, J., 1998
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Poupin, J., 1998
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Associated with echinoderms (Ref. 96667).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	State of hawaii, 2020
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	State of hawaii, 2020

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	4.10	0.60			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
Ref.

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