Ecology Summary - Fromia indica

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Ecology of Fromia indica

Main Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Remarks	Associated with coral communities. Dwells in a variety of substrates. Feeds on encrusting turf over hard substrates (Ref. 129602). Occurs in healthy shallow reef areas at depths of 1 to 25 m.

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 Fromia indica may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; megabenthos; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Claereboudt, M.R., 2019
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Claereboudt, M.R., 2019

Associations

Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Asterophylia culcitae (Ref. 102254).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
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Feeding habit
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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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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