Ecology Summary - Holothuria pardalis

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Ecology of Holothuria pardalis

Main Ref.	Mortensen, T., 1934
Remarks	Found on sandy areas and under coral fragments (Ref. 115900). Detritus-deposit feeder (Ref. 3477).

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 Holothuria pardalis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Alvarado, J.J. and J. Cortés, 2009
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Purcell, S.W., Y. Samyn and C. Conand, 2012

Associations

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Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	MarineSpecies.org, 2050
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	MarineSpecies.org, 2050

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 estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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