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Ecology Summary - Comaster schlegelii
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Ecology of Comaster schlegelii
 
Main Ref. Schoppe, S., 2000
Remarks Inhabits live or dead corals in shallow water (Ref. 800). Under overhangs (Ref. 10128). Also on reef slope; on rubble and sandy bottom. Usually semicryptic in reef crevices (Ref. 100368). Known as a host to various crustaceans (Refs. 100838, 102275). Seen among alpheids, pontoniines, galatheids, and myzostomes (Ref. 101028). Suspension feeder (Ref. 68823).

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 Comaster schlegelii may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref. Kirkendale, L. and C.G. Messing, 2003
Special habitats Beds: rock; Coral Reefs: lagoons; Corals: hard corals;
Special habitats Ref. Kirkendale, L. and C.G. Messing, 2003

Associations

Ref. Baeza, J.A., 2011
Associations symbiosis;
Associated with Allogalathea elegans (lobster); Palaemonella pottsi; Periclimenes pilipess; Periclimenes commensalis; Synalpheus carinatus (Ref. 100838); Synalpheus stimpsoni; Synalpheus demani (shrimps) (Ref. 102275); Paradyte crinoidicola; Myzostoma sp. (polychaetes); Calliostoma Swainson sp.; Clanculus atropurpureus (snails) (Ref. 100838); Galathea amboinensis; Galathea inflata (Ref. 100851).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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