Ecology Summary - Stylocheilus longicauda

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Ecology of Stylocheilus longicauda

Main Ref.	Debelius, H., 2001
Remarks	Crawls around rocky areas and walls with good algae coverage (Ref. 822); found in sheltered pools and estuaries (Ref. 866). Lives and feeds on the blue-green algae Lyngbya majuscula (Ref. 108716).

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 Stylocheilus longicauda may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed;
Special habitats Ref.	Nagle, D.G., F.T. Camacho and V.J. Paul, 1998

Associations

Ref.	Behrens, D.W. and A. Hermosillo, 2005
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Nagle, D.G., F.T. Camacho and V.J. Paul, 1998
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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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