Ecology Summary - Phoxichilidium femoratum

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Ecology of Phoxichilidium femoratum

Main Ref.	Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005
Remarks	Coastal (Ref. 19). Feed on hosts: Tubularia larynx, Dynamena pumila, Tubularia, Eudendrium, Clava, Syncoryne, Coryne and Bougainvillea (Ref. 223, 224, 215, 205); Syncoryne eximia or Lucernaria sp.; seizes the stems of the hydroid using the apposition of the propodal sole spines and the terminal claws of the legs. Pieces are torn from the hydranth by the chelifores and transferred to the mouth where they are ingested (Ref. 12).

Main Ref.

Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005

Remarks

Coastal (Ref. 19). Feed on hosts: Tubularia larynx, Dynamena pumila, Tubularia, Eudendrium, Clava, Syncoryne, Coryne and Bougainvillea (Ref. 223, 224, 215, 205); Syncoryne eximia or Lucernaria sp.; seizes the stems of the hydroid using the apposition of the propodal sole spines and the terminal claws of the legs. Pieces are torn from the hydranth by the chelifores and transferred to the mouth where they are ingested (Ref. 12).

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 Phoxichilidium femoratum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: other invertebrates (Associations with other animals: Syncoryne and Aglaophenia latirostris (Ref. 215, 205).);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Dietz, L., J.S. Domel, F. Leese, T. Lehmann and R.R. Melzer, 2018
Associations	parasitism;
Associated with	Coryne eximia
Association remarks
Parasitism	inside host (P. femoratum found in the gastral cavity of Coryne eximia.)

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Dietz, L., J.S. Domel, F. Leese, T. Lehmann and R.R. Melzer, 2018
Feeding habit	feeding on a host (parasite)
Feeding habit Ref.	Bouvier, F., 1923

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	4.40	0.15			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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