Ecology Summary - Gonodactylellus lanchesteri

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Ecology of Gonodactylellus lanchesteri

Main Ref.	Manning, R.B., 1990
Remarks	Known from shallow waters (Ref. 80410). Intertidal to a depth of 60 m. Found in various substrates - reef flat, dead reef flat with algae, tide pools, reef lagoon, sandstone, and rocky lava (Ref. 89146). Stomatopods are predators that require living prey (Ref. 833).

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 Gonodactylellus lanchesteri may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Müller, H.-G., 1994
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed; rock; Coral Reefs: reef flats; lagoons; Corals: hard corals;
Special habitats Ref.	Müller, H.-G., 1994

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
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
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