Ecology Summary - Prionocidaris bispinosa

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Ecology of Prionocidaris bispinosa

Main Ref.	Britayev, T.A., O.A. Bratova and P.Y. Dgebuadze, 2013
Remarks	Associated with a tropical sea urchin Salmacis bicolor.

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 Prionocidaris bispinosa may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.	Endean, R., 1961
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Britayev, T.A., O.A. Bratova and P.Y. Dgebuadze, 2013
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Salmacis bicolor.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Kangas, M.I., S. Morrison, P. Unsworth, E. Lai, I. Wright and A. Thomson, 2006
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
Ref.

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