Ecology Summary - Protosuberites epiphytum

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Ecology of Protosuberites epiphytum

Main Ref.	Richards, Z., L. Kirkendale, G. Moore, A. Hosie, J. Huisman, M. Bryce, L. Marsh, C. Bryce, A. Hara, N. Wilson, S. Morrison, O. Gomez, J. Ritchie, C. Whisson, M. Allen, L. Betterridge, C. Wood, H. Morrison, M. Salotti and G. … Hansen, 2016
Remarks	Lives in a submerged cave at 15 m (Ref. 116243). Encrusts the introduced octocoral Carijoa riisei in shallow water in O'ahu (Ref. 116245).

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 Protosuberites epiphytum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	: sessile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Evenhuis, N.L., 2015
Associations	colony-forming/symphorism;
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

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
Ref.