Ecology of Synalpheus androsi
 
Main Ref. Rios, R. and J.E. Duffy, 2007
Remarks It is a pair-forming specialist (Ref. 86746) that Inhabits canals of sponges (Ref. 86672).

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 Synalpheus androsi may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref. Hultgren, K.M. and J.E. Duffy, 2010
Special habitats Other habitats: other invertebrates (sponges.);
Special habitats Ref. MacDonald, K.S. III, K. Hultgren and J.E. Duffy, 2009

Associations

Ref. Hultgren, K.M. and J.E. Duffy, 2010
Associations symbiosis; commensalism;
Associated with Commensalism: Hyattella intestinalis (Ref. 86672); Agelas clathrodes; Pseudoceratina crassa (Ref. 86672); Symbiosis: Synalpheus agelas; Synalpheus apioceros; Synalpheus bousfieldi; Synalpheus brevifrons; Synalpheus chacei; Synalpheus filidigitus; Synalpheus goodei; Synalpheus heardi; Synalpheus herricki; Synalpheus mcclendoni; Synalpheus minus; Synalpheus pandionis; Synalpheus paraneptunus; Synalpheus regalis; Synalpheus sanctithomae; Synalpheus scaphoceris; Synalpheus williamsi (Ref. 83410).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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