Ecology Summary - Conchoderma virgatum

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Ecology of Conchoderma virgatum

Main Ref.	Wirtz, P., R. Araújo and A.J. Southward, 2006
Remarks	Pelagic (Ref. 99821). Epibiotic (Ref. 111011). Found occasionally on buoys (Ref. 2767) and attached to living and dead things like ships, driftwood, sea snakes, whales and big fishes (Ref. 1064).

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 Conchoderma virgatum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Gittings, S.R., 2009
Special habitats	Other habitats: vegetation ( driftwood ); other invertebrates (Found frequently on Caretta caretta (Ref. 2767), and on sea snakes, decapod crustaceans and the parasitic copepod Penella sp. (Ref. 81749).); vertebrates (fishes);
Special habitats Ref.	Hansson, H.G., 1998

Associations

Ref.	Jones, D.S., M.A. Hewitt and A. Sampey, 2000
Associations
Associated with	Attached to fishes, sea snakes, decapod crustaceans and the parasitic copepod Penella. sp.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
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Feeding habit
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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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