Ecology Summary - Didemnum candidum

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Ecology of Didemnum candidum

Main Ref.	Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 2000
Remarks	Known from benthic species (Ref. 85347). Inhabits shallow water and grows on all substrates even living animals and algae (Ref. 3248).

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 Didemnum candidum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Turon, X., 2010
Associations	colony-forming/symphorism;
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.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

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.