Ecology Summary - Aplysia punctata

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Ecology of Aplysia punctata

Main Ref.	Templado, J. and R. Villanueva, 2010
Remarks	Found in infralittoral areas (Ref. 105324). Inhabits sublittoral beds of the red alga Plocamium coccineum where it also feeds on (Ref. 105169). Feeds on a variety of marine algae (Ref. 105170).

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 Aplysia punctata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed;
Special habitats Ref.	Carefoot, T.H., 1967

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Carefoot, T.H., 1967
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Carefoot, T.H., 1967

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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