Ecology Summary - Heterocyathus aequicostatus

Ecology Summary - Heterocyathus aequicostatus

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Ecology of Heterocyathus aequicostatus

Main Ref.	MarineSpecies.org, 2050
Remarks	Free-living, solitary corals with a flat base. Commonly occurs on soft horizontal substrates at 20 m or more. Only at night do polyps extend. Associated with other corals, Heteropsammia cochlea and Cycloseris cyclolites.

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 Heterocyathus aequicostatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: other invertebrates (associated with a sipunculid);
Special habitats Ref.	MarineSpecies.org, 2050

Associations

संदर्भ	MarineSpecies.org, 2050
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Aspidosiphon corallicola.
Association remarks	The sipunculid Aspidosiphon corallicola prevents the coral from being buried by moving it on other substrates.
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		टिप्पणी
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	टिप्पणी
From diet composition
From individual food items
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