Ecology Summary - Dipolydora armata

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Ecology of Dipolydora armata

Main Ref.	Salazar-Vallejo, S.I., 1996
Remarks	Found in a variety of calcareous substrata such as on encrusting coralline algae, in the sponge Aulospongus tubulatus, the coral Leptastrea purpurea, hydrozoan Millepora complanata, in shells of living or dead mollusks, in bryozoan crusts and in coral fragments (Ref. 107991).

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 Dipolydora armata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Bick, A., 2001
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed; bivalve;
Special habitats Ref.	Bick, A., 2001

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	George, J.D., 2012
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	George, J.D., 2012

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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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