Ecology of Paradyte crinoidicola
 
Main Ref. Wehe, T. and D. Fiege, 2002
Remarks Associated with crinoids (Ref. 100838).

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 Paradyte crinoidicola may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats Other habitats: other invertebrates (Refer to associations.);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Zmarzly, D.L., 1984
Associations symbiosis;
Associated with Comanthina schlegeli; Comanthus bennetti; Comanthus parvicirrus; Comaster gracilis.
Association remarks The species roams in the arms of its host, orienting longitudinally in the ambulacrum.
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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