Ecology Summary - Periclimenes commensalis

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Ecology of Periclimenes commensalis

Main Ref.	Bruce, A.J., 2005
Remarks	Epizoic, intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 106854). Found on crinoids (Refs. 83472, 102275).

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 Periclimenes commensalis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Hosie, A.M., A. Sampey, P.J. Davie and D.S. Jones, 2015
Special habitats	Other habitats: other invertebrates (Refer to associations.);
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Zmarzly, D.L., 1984
Associations	parasitism; symbiosis;
Associated with	Comanthina schlegeli; Comanthus bennetti (Ref. 100838); Capillaster multiradiatus; Comanthina belli; Comanthus parvicirrus; Comanthus timorensis; Comaster distinctus; Comatella nigra; Zygometra microdiscus; Heterometra africana; Himerometra robustipinna; Tropiometra afra (Ref. 102275). Dicropleon morator (Ref. 124798).
Association remarks	The species occupies and darts between the distal parts of the arms of the crinoid (Ref. 100838). Infested by Dicropleon morator (Ref. 124798).
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
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