Ecology of Himerometra robustipinna
 
Main Ref. Schoppe, S., 2000
Remarks Occurs on hard corals and hard substrates at depths down to 40 m. Filter feeds on plankton. Associated with shrimps and a lobster (Refs. 800, 100851, 102275).

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 Himerometra robustipinna may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref. Schoppe, S., 2000
Special habitats Corals: hard corals: ( on exoskeleton, );
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Schoppe, S., 2000
Associations symbiosis;
Associated with Athanas (Ref. 800); Periclimenes ceratophthalmus; Periclimenes commensalis; Periclimenes tenuis; Parapontonia nudirostris (shrimps) (Ref. 102275); Allogalathea inermis (Ref. 100851).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref. Schoppe, S., 2000
Feeding habit filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref. Schoppe, S., 2000

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items 3.40 0.45 Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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