Ecology Summary - Holothuria parva

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Ecology of Holothuria parva

Main Ref.	Pourvali, N., M.B. Nabavi, H. Rezai, A. Doraghi and A. Mahvari, 2014
Remarks	Intertidal. Found on mud, under rocks (Ref. 107215). Ingests sediments non-selectively (Ref. 108120).

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 Holothuria parva may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Pourvali, N., M.B. Nabavi, H. Rezai, A. Doraghi and A. Mahvari, 2014
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Givianrad, M.H., K. Larijani, S. Jamili and B. Adeli, 2014
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Givianrad, M.H., K. Larijani, S. Jamili and B. Adeli, 2014

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
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