Ecology Summary - Coralliophaga coralliophaga

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Ecology of Coralliophaga coralliophaga

Main Ref.	Bernard, F.R., Y.Y. Cai and B. Morton, 1993
Remarks	Found in intertidal areas boring into soft rocks and corals in tropical waters (Ref. 75831). In Belize, it was found in a submarine cave near Columbus Cay (Ref. 87209). Commensal (Ref. 104365).

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 Coralliophaga coralliophaga may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Oliver, P.G., A.M. Holmes, I.J. Killeen, J.M. Light and H. Wood, 2004
Special habitats	Coral Reefs; Corals: hard corals; Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Oliver, P.G. and A.M. Holmes, 2004

Associations

Ref.	Turgeon, D.D., W.G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg and F. Moretzsohn, 2009
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
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
Ref.