Ecology Summary - Holothuria bacilla

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Ecology of Holothuria bacilla

Main Ref.	IUCN, 2014
Remarks	Found in the intertidal. Mainly under rock and occasionally in deep bed of 5 to 10 cm depth (Ref. 107215). In general, species of Holothuria are mobile deposit feeders (Ref. 833).

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 Holothuria bacilla may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Pourvali, N., M.B. Nabavi, H. Rezai, A. Doraghi and A. Mahvari, 2014
Special habitats	Beds: rock;
Special habitats Ref.	Pourvali, N., M.B. Nabavi, H. Rezai, A. Doraghi and A. Mahvari, 2014

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

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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