Ecology Summary - Tetralia cavimana

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Ecology of Tetralia cavimana

Main Ref.	Hogarth, J.P., 2012
Remarks	Commensal with Acropora sp., protecting it from possible predators such as Acanthaster planci (Ref. 129713).

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 Tetralia cavimana may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: other invertebrates (Guards Acropora sp.);
Special habitats Ref.	Flandinette, P., 2022

Associations

Ref.	Flandinette, P., 2022
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Acropora sp.
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.