Ecology Summary - Leiosolenus obesus

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Ecology of Leiosolenus obesus

Main Ref.	Bernard, F.R., Y.Y. Cai and B. Morton, 1993
Remarks	Found intertidal boring in corals.

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 Leiosolenus obesus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: endofauna (infauna);
Substrate Ref.	Oliver, P.G., A.M. Holmes, I.J. Killeen, J.M. Light and H. Wood, 2004
Special habitats	Corals: hard corals; Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Oliver, P.G., A.M. Holmes, I.J. Killeen, J.M. Light and H. Wood, 2004

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.

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
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