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Ecology Summary - Planes minutus
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Ecology of Planes minutus
 
Main Ref. Pfaller, J.B., A.N. Palau, P.D. Agamboué, M. Barret, S. Ciccione, G. Cliff, A. Formia, J.C. Manfoumbi, A. Marco, G.-P. Sounguet and A.D. Tucker, 2019
Remarks Epibiontic with sea turtles. Recruits on flotsam or pelagic animals and spends the rest of their lives rafting on the ocean's surface. Known habitats based on its association with sea turtles include nesting beaches, epipelagic, neritic, and stranding.

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 Planes minutus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic; Pelagic;
Substrate Ref. Pfaller, J.B., A.N. Palau, P.D. Agamboué, M. Barret, S. Ciccione, G. Cliff, A. Formia, J.C. Manfoumbi, A. Marco, G.-P. Sounguet and A.D. Tucker, 2019
Special habitats Beds: algae/seaweed; others; Other habitats: vegetation ( driftwood ); vertebrates (Epibiontic with sea turtles.);
Special habitats Ref. Pfaller, J.B., A.N. Palau, P.D. Agamboué, M. Barret, S. Ciccione, G. Cliff, A. Formia, J.C. Manfoumbi, A. Marco, G.-P. Sounguet and A.D. Tucker, 2019

Associations

Ref. Pfaller, J.B., A.N. Palau, P.D. Agamboué, M. Barret, S. Ciccione, G. Cliff, A. Formia, J.C. Manfoumbi, A. Marco, G.-P. Sounguet and A.D. Tucker, 2019
Associations commensalism;
Associated with Lepidochelys olivacea; Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Sargassum sp.; Eretmochelys imbricata.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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