Ecology Summary - Dinophysis acuminata

Ecology Summary - Dinophysis acuminata

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Ecology of Dinophysis acuminata

Main Ref.	Ibrahem, H.F. and I.J.M. Al-Shawi, 2015
Remarks	Obligate mixotroph, requiring both light and prey for long-term survival. Has feeding structures, including food vacuoles and peduncle-like arrangement of microtubular ribbons. Uses its peduncle to extract and ingest cell contents of its prey organism, a ciliate (Ref. 115338).

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 Dinophysis acuminata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Kim, S., Y.G. Kang, H.S. Kim, W. Yih, D.W. Coats and M.G. Park, 2008
Feeding habit
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	2.00	0.00			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
Ref.

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