Ecology Summary - Comanthus parvicirrus

Ecology of Comanthus parvicirrus

Main Ref.	Jeng, M.-S., 1998
Remarks	Inhabits a lagoon, in clump of Monitpora verrucosa, under rubble and overhangs, and found along with alpheids (Ref. 101028). Also occurs in a reef flat at a depth of 9 m (Ref. 100838). Semicryptic with arms extended in a multidirectional posture, beneath ledges and crevices (Ref. 100368). Associated with an assemblage of shrimps, a lobster, polychaete, and snail (Refs. 100838, 100851,102275). Suspension feeder (Ref. 68823).

Main Ref.

Jeng, M.-S., 1998

Remarks

Inhabits a lagoon, in clump of Monitpora verrucosa, under rubble and overhangs, and found along with alpheids (Ref. 101028). Also occurs in a reef flat at a depth of 9 m (Ref. 100838). Semicryptic with arms extended in a multidirectional posture, beneath ledges and crevices (Ref. 100368). Associated with an assemblage of shrimps, a lobster, polychaete, and snail (Refs. 100838, 100851,102275). Suspension feeder (Ref. 68823).

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 Comanthus parvicirrus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Jeng, M.-S., 1998
Special habitats	Coral Reefs: reef flats; lagoons;
Special habitats Ref.	Kirkendale, L. and C.G. Messing, 2003

Associations

Ref.	Zmarzly, D.L., 1984
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Palaemonella odontorhyncha; Pontoniopsis comanthi; Synalpheus carinatus; Synalpheus stimpsoni Ref. 100838); Palaemonella pottsi; Periclimenes commensalis (shrimps) (Ref. 102275); Paradyte crinoidicola (polychaete);Clanculus atropurpureus (snail) (Ref. 100838); Galathea inflata (lobster) (Ref. 100851).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
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.

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