Ecology Summary - Centrostephanus rodgersii

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Ecology of Centrostephanus rodgersii

Main Ref.	Gardner, J.P.A., M.J. Curwen, J. Long, R.J. Williamson and A.R. Wood, 2006
Remarks	Found on fringing reefs where brown algae and coralline algae abound. Species is abundant in depressions and crevices among sponges and other sessile animals. Light-sensitive; forages through the night. Feeds on a wide range of algal species as well as bryozoans and sponges. Also associated with amphipods and chitons (Ref. 102372).

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 Centrostephanus rodgersii may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	McKnight, D.G., 1968
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed; Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Bruce, A.J., 1982
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Athanas dorsalis (shrimp) (Ref. 102275); Primnoella asutralasiae (sea whip); Clarkoma pulcra (ophiuroid) (Ref. 102372).
Association remarks	The ophiuroid Clarkoma pulcra lives among the spines of C. rodgersii during the day (Ref. 102372).
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Lawrence, J.M. (ed.), 2013
Feeding habit	grazing on aquatic plants
Feeding habit Ref.

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
Ref.