Ecology of Villogorgia bebrycoides
 
Main Ref. Vafidis, D., 2010
Remarks Found in circalittoral and bathyal zones (Ref. 85338). Among chama bed with fossil shells and muddy bottom with oysters (Ref. 123437).

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 Villogorgia bebrycoides may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom: mud; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref. Sampaio, I., M. Carreiro-Silva, A. Freiwald, G. Menezes and M. Grasshoff, 2019
Special habitats Beds: bivalve;
Special habitats Ref. Sampaio, I., M. Carreiro-Silva, A. Freiwald, G. Menezes and M. Grasshoff, 2019

Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
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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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