Ecology Summary - Chromodoris obsoleta

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Ecology of Chromodoris obsoleta

Main Ref.	Debelius, H., 2001
Remarks	It was once recorded climbing upon a leaf kelp which grows off the coast of Oman (Ref. 844). Members of the family Chromodorididae feed on sponges (Ref. 108647).

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 Chromodoris obsoleta may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Debelius, H., 2001
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Mollo, E., M. Gavagnin, M. Carbone, Y.W. Guo and G. Cimino, 2005
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Mollo, E., M. Gavagnin, M. Carbone, Y.W. Guo and G. Cimino, 2005

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			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
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