Ecology Summary - Nymphon hirtipes

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Ecology of Nymphon hirtipes

Main Ref.	King, P.E., 1973
Remarks	Shelf to slope (Ref. 19). Noted to be only found where there is the soft coral Eunephthya (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 hirtipes may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic;
Substrate Ref.	Piepenburg, D., N.V. Chernova, C.F. von Dorrien, J. Gutt, A.V. Neyelov, E. Rachor, L. Saldanha and M.K. Schmid, 1996
Special habitats	Corals: soft corals Other habitats: other invertebrates (Association with other animals: Coral Eunephthya (Ref. 220).);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	King, P.E., 1973
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	4.06	0.07			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
Ref.

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