Ecology Summary - Rocinela danmoniensis

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Ecology of Rocinela danmoniensis

Main Ref.	Gudlaugsdottir, A.K., 2010
Remarks	Recorded from water temperatures of 3.06°C to 7.84°C. As a member of family Aegidae, Rocinela spp. form associations with fish as micropredators, attaching themselves to feed then detaching from the fish afterwards.

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 Rocinela danmoniensis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Gudlaugsdottir, A.K., 2010
Special habitats	Other habitats: vertebrates (Attaches on fish to feed, then detaches afterwards);
Special habitats Ref.	Gudlaugsdottir, A.K., 2010

Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

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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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