Ecology Summary - Nanosesarma minutum

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Ecology of Nanosesarma minutum

Main Ref.	Tan, C.G.S. and P.K.L. Ng, 1994
Remarks	Intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 106854). Occurs in fresh water zone. Found on the mangroves Rhizophora and Avicennia as well as among oysters (Ref. 107330). Also found in sheltered rocky shores, in rock crevices and old oyster shells (Ref. 125338). Part of fouling communities found in mariculture zones (Ref. 127121).

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 Nanosesarma minutum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Ravichandran, S., S. Anthonisamy, T. Kannupandi and T. Balasubramanian, 2007
Special habitats	Beds: bivalve; vegetation
Special habitats Ref.	Ravichandran, S., S. Anthonisamy, T. Kannupandi and T. Balasubramanian, 2007

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Fredrick, W.S., S.A. Allayie and S. Ravichandran, 2013
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Fredrick, W.S., S.A. Allayie and S. Ravichandran, 2013

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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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