Ecology Summary - Echinaster luzonicus

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Ecology of Echinaster luzonicus

Main Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Remarks	Inhabits reef areas from intertidal zone at depths of 2 to 15 m (Ref. 800). Exposed on open substrates. Rarely observed on reef flats and lagoon and very rare on seaward reef (Ref. 102252). Feeds on organic material and microinvertebrates. Reproduces asexually by fission (Ref. 800).

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 Echinaster luzonicus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; megabenthos;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Coral Reefs: reef flats;
Special habitats Ref.	Yamaguchi, M., 1975

Associations

Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Asterophylia culcitae; Periclimenes soror; Stellicola oreastriphilus; Doridicola echinasteris; Coeloplana astericola (Ref. 102254).
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
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	4.03	0.24			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.