Ecology Summary - Choriaster granulatus

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Ecology of Choriaster granulatus

Main Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Remarks	Inhabits reefs at depths of 5 to 40 cm (Ref. 800). Exposed on open substrates (Ref. 102252). Found in sandy habitats, among corals and sponges (Ref. 82802). Feeds on coral polyps and other small invertebrates as well as carrion (Ref. 800).

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 Choriaster granulatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; megabenthos; Soft Bottom: sand;
Substrate Ref.	Jeng, M.-S., 1998
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Associations	parasitism; solitary; symbiosis;
Associated with	symbionts such Asterophylia culcitae (sea star); Hololepidella millari (polychaete); Periclimenes soror (shrimp) (Ref. 102254); Asterocomes indica and Stellicomes tumidulus (parasitic copepods) (Ref. 102263).
Association remarks
Parasitism	outside host

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
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	3.84	0.38			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.