Ecology Summary - Caligus haemulonis

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Ecology of Caligus haemulonis

Main Ref.	Cressey, R., 1991
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 Caligus haemulonis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: vertebrates (Fishes.);
Special habitats Ref.	Cressey, R., 1991

Associations

Ref.	Cressey, R., 1991
Associations	parasitism;
Associated with	Haemulon elegans; Chaetodipterus faber; Arius felis; Archosargus probatocephalus; Bairdiella chrysura; Menticirrus americanus; Aleuterus schoepfi; Haemulon sciurus; Haemulon carbonarium; Haemulon plumieri; Haemulon macrostomum; Anisotremus virginus (Ref. 87096).
Association remarks
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.