Ecology Summary - Alectryonella plicatula

Language:

Ecology of Alectryonella plicatula

Main Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Remarks	Cemented on various hard substrates or objects. Intertidal and shallow subtidal waters (Ref. 348). Associated with dead coral heads (Ref. 75840).

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 Alectryonella plicatula may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Sotto, F.B. and R. von Cosel, 1982
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
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
Ref.