Ecology Summary - Acanthaster planci

Ecology Summary - Acanthaster planci

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Ecology of Acanthaster planci

Main Ref.	Moran, P.J., 1990
Remarks	Cryptic on coral areas (Also Ref. 129602) and reef patches (Ref. 78188). On a reef slope (Ref. 97449). Feeds on hard corals, soft corals, encrusting organisms, algae, gorgonians and cannibalistic on other Acanthaster planci (Ref. 78188). Nocturnal (Ref. 130720).

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 Acanthaster planci may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; megabenthos; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Moran, P.J., 1990
Special habitats	Coral Reefs: reef slope/drop-offs;
Special habitats Ref.	Moran, P.J., 1990

Associations

Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Hololepidella commonly found on the oral surface; Periclimenes soror (commensal) found on the aboral surface.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
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	3.49	0.57			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.

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