Ecology Summary - Holothuria hilla

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Ecology of Holothuria hilla

Main Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Remarks	Found on sandy areas with coral rubble (Ref. 115900). This is a nocturnal species (Refs. 85218, 129602). Detritivorous deposit feeder (Ref. 108124). Found among rocks and boulders. Prefers waters deeper than 10m (Ref. 129602).

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 hilla may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Fishelson, L., 1971
Special habitats	Coral Reefs; vegetation ( roots/holdfast, );
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Schoppe, S., 2000
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Enochs, I.C., L.T. Toth, V.W. Brandtneris, J.C. Afflerbach and D.P. Manzello, 2011
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Enochs, I.C., L.T. Toth, V.W. Brandtneris, J.C. Afflerbach and D.P. Manzello, 2011

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			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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