Ecology Summary - Thetys vagina

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Ecology of Thetys vagina

Main Ref.	Kott, P., 2005
Remarks	Marine, planktonic; tolerates colder waters than most salps (Refs. 1134, 126266). Associated with an attached phyllosomata of the western rock lobster Panulirus cygnus, which was found to consume its host's tissue, exhibiting opportunistic feeding (Ref. 108806).

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 Thetys vagina may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Lüskow, F., M.D. Galbraith, L.E. Kwong and E.A. Pakhomov, 2022
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Kott, P., 2005
Associations	parasitism;
Associated with	Panulirus cygnus (Ref. 108806).
Association remarks	Phyllosomata of Panulirus cygnus are observed to adhere on the salp and feed on its gelatinous tissue (Ref. 108806).
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
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
Ref.