Ecology Summary - Pseudamphithoides incurvaria

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Ecology of Pseudamphithoides incurvaria

Main Ref.	Hay, M.E., J.E. Duffy and W. Fenical, 1990
Remarks	Inhabits a portable domicile that is constructed from a rare alga, Dictyota bartayresii (Ref. 86733).

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 Pseudamphithoides incurvaria may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.	Hay, M.E., J.E. Duffy and W. Fenical, 1990
Special habitats	vegetation
Special habitats Ref.	Lewis, S.M. and B. Kensley, 1982

Associations

Ref.	Lewis, S.M. and B. Kensley, 1982
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Dictyota bartayresii.
Association remarks
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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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