Ecology Summary - Planaxis savignyi

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Ecology of Planaxis savignyi

Main Ref.	Templado, J. and R. Villanueva, 2010
Remarks	Members of the family Planaxidae are herbivorous, mainly grazing on algae (Ref. 108715).

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 Planaxis savignyi may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Hutchings, P., M. Kingsford and O. Hoegh-Guldberg, 2008
Feeding habit	grazing on aquatic plants
Feeding habit Ref.	Hutchings, P., M. Kingsford and O. Hoegh-Guldberg, 2008

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
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