Ecology Summary - Nausithoe racemosa

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Ecology of Nausithoe racemosa

Main Ref.	Dawson, M.N., 2004
Remarks

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 Nausithoe racemosa may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: other invertebrates (Refer to associations.);
Special habitats Ref.	Arai, M.N., 2012

Associations

Ref.	Dawson, M.N., 2004
Associations	colony-forming/symphorism; mutualism;
Associated with	sponges (Ref. 101748).
Association remarks	Polyps may form colonies within horny sponges, protecting it from physical disturbance and predation as well as access to food from the sponge. It benefits the sponge from the cleaning of water done by the polyp and saves metabolic cost from building its own skeleton through the fusion of its fibers with the theca of the polyp (Ref. 101748).
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
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.