Ecology Summary - Cotylorhiza tuberculata

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Ecology of Cotylorhiza tuberculata

Main Ref.	Göthel, H., 1992
Remarks	Swims to the surface in plain water, in pelagic zone, near the coasts at night. Feeds on fine plankton, which is absorbed by the oral arms (Ref. 358).

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 Cotylorhiza tuberculata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.	Gonzalez, E., 1991
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Kikinger, R., 1992
Associations
Associated with	Trachurus sp. (Ref. 3276).
Association remarks	Symbiotic zooxanthellae.
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
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	3.00	0.00			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.