Ecology Summary - Nymphon brevirostre

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Ecology of Nymphon brevirostre

Main Ref.	Child, C.A., 1995
Remarks	This is an epibenthic species (Ref. 95730), that inhabits shelf areas (Ref. 19). Feeds on various hydroids epizoic on the bryozoan Flustra foliacea. Chemically attracted to various hydroid species, found to feed exclusively on hydroids, i.e. starves if no hydroids are present (Ref. 121217).

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 Nymphon brevirostre may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic;
Substrate Ref.	Zettler, M.L. and F. Gosselck, 2006
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Child, C.A., 1995
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Dietz, L., J.S. Domel, F. Leese, T. Lehmann and R.R. Melzer, 2018
Feeding habit
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	4.37	0.16			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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