Ecology Summary - Phanogenia gracilis

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Ecology of Phanogenia gracilis

Main Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Remarks	Inhabits the infrastructure of reefs (Ref. 800). Found in a lagoon, under rubble, coral overhangs, and on fore reefs under crevices at night (Ref. 101028). Also beneath ledges, pinnacle overhangs on reef slope and among coral branches. May be cryptic or semicryptic (Ref. 100368). A host to a diverse assemblage of symbionts (Ref. 101028). Feeds on plankton and detritus (Ref. 800).

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 Phanogenia gracilis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Lane, D.J.W., L.M. Marsh, VandenSpiegel and F.W.E. Rowe, 2000
Special habitats	Beds: rock; Coral Reefs: reef slope/drop-offs; lagoons; Corals: hard corals: ( interstitial spaces ); Other habitats: other invertebrates (Refer to associations.);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Palaemonella pottsi and Synalpheus stimpsoni (shrimps); Paradyte crinoidicola (polychaete) (Ref. 102252); Galathea leptocheir (Ref. 100851).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
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	3.92	0.31			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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