Ecology Summary - Stolasterias acutispina

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Ecology of Stolasterias acutispina

Main Ref.	Lane, D.J.W., L.M. Marsh, VandenSpiegel and F.W.E. Rowe, 2000
Remarks	On rock pools (Ref. 124789). Common from the mid intertidal zone to a depth of at least 6 meters subtidally. Found in crevices between boulders during low tide (Ref. 128828).

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 Stolasterias acutispina may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Harper, E., 1994
Special habitats
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Associations

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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	4.06	0.06			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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