Ecology Summary - Pleuractis gravis

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Ecology of Pleuractis gravis

Main Ref.	Hoeksema, B.W., S.E. Van der Meij and C.H. Fransen, 2012
Remarks	Associated with an assemblage of invertebrates including a flatworm, barnacles, crab, shrimp, and snails.

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 Pleuractis gravis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Hoeksema, B.W., S.E. Van der Meij and C.H. Fransen, 2012
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	flatworm Waminoa sp.; barnacles Cantellius tredecimus, Megatrema oulastreae; gall crab Fungicola fegi; shrimp Ancylomenes magnificus; snails Epifungium adgravis, Leptoconchus inpleuractis;
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.