Ecology Summary - Thylacodes variabilis

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Ecology of Thylacodes variabilis

Main Ref.	Smith, B.D., 2003
Remarks	Found in association with various coral species (Ref. 107706), on rocks and flat surfaces (Ref. 130068). Members of the family Vermetidae are filter feeders, extracting minute planktonic organisms or detrital fragments (Ref. 349).

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 Thylacodes variabilis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Bosch, D.T., S.P. Dance, R.G. Moolenbeek and P.G. Oliver, 1995
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.	Joshi, D. and P. Mankodi, 2016

Associations

عجرم	Smith, B.D., 2003
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998

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
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