Ecology Summary - Paralepidonotus indicus

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Ecology of Paralepidonotus indicus

Main Ref.	Wehe, T. and D. Fiege, 2002
Remarks	Found offshore (Ref. 107160). In tropical habitats with clear water and corals (Ref. 107161). Mainly carnivores feeding on sponges, hydroids, other polychaetes, small crustaceans like amphipods, gastropods and echinoderms (Ref. 107425).

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 Paralepidonotus indicus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.	Hanley, J.R. and M. Burke, 1991

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Riegl, B. and S.J. Purkis, 2012
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
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	3.66	0.26			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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