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Ecology of Rhopilema hispidum
 
Main Ref. Kramp, P.L., 1961
Remarks Found in coastal waters (Refs. 63414, 122791), in a bay (Ref. 122790) and estuary (Ref. 122791). Commensals: host to a few fishes (carangid, eel larvae, ponyfish), a shrimp, a crab, a copepod, and a flatworm (Ref. 116535). Also associated with the ophiuroid Ophiocnemis marmorata Ref. 122791).

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 Rhopilema hispidum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Kramp, P.L., 1961
Associations symbiosis; commensalism;
Associated with Anguilliformes sp. larvae, Equulites elongatus, Hypollitidae sp., Alepes djedaba, Charybdis feriata and its megalopa, Paramacrochiron sp., and Turbellaria sp. (Ref. 116535); ophiuroid Ophiocnemis marmorata Ref. 122791).
Association remarks
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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