Ecology Summary - Virgularia gustaviana

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Ecology of Virgularia gustaviana

Main Ref.	Van Ofwegen, L.P., 2007
Remarks	Found on sandy muddy substrates from intertidal areas to a depth of 400 meters (Ref. 129077). Sessile tentaculate suspension feeder (Ref. 125928).

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 Virgularia gustaviana may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Rezaei, Z., A. Movahedinia, N. Salamat and M.S. Ranjbar, 2021
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Wang, Z., 2019

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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