Ecology Summary - Sicyonia dorsalis
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Ecology of Sicyonia dorsalis
 
Main Ref. Williams, A.B., L.G. Abele, D.L. Felder, H.H. Hobbs Jr., R.B. Manning, P.A. McLaughlin and I. Pérez Farfante, 1988
Remarks Found in the coast (Ref. 121706) and offshore (Ref. 106823); occasionally enters estuaries (Ref. 106823). On mouth of bays to 60 m, rarely observed to 420 m (Ref.79470). In the continental shelf, on fine and silty sand (Ref. 121706). Associated with muddy sediments; abundant in sediments with high amounts of silt and clay (Ref. 104233). Also occurs on organic debris and calcareous algae (Ref. 106549).

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 Sicyonia dorsalis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: mobile; demersal; Soft Bottom: sand; silt; mud; (, organic );
Substrate Ref. da Costa, R.C., A. Fransozo and M.L. Negreiros-Fransozo, 2005
Special habitats Beds: algae/seaweed;
Special habitats Ref. D'Incao, F., 1995

Associations

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Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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