Ecology Summary - Cirripectes stigmaticus

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Main Ref.	Myers, R.F., 1999
Remarks	Found solitary or forms small groups (Ref. 90102) in coastal reef flats with rich coral and algae habitats, usually in very shallow depths of a few meters (Ref. 48636); also on rocky and coralline structures (Ref. 529); among Acropora and Pocillopora corals of surf-swept algal ridge (Ref. ?). Occurs on large rocks on bottoms of well-developed surge channels; among Acropora and Pocillopora corals of surf-swept algal ridge (Ref. ?).

Main Ref.

Myers, R.F., 1999

Remarks

Found solitary or forms small groups (Ref. 90102) in coastal reef flats with rich coral and algae habitats, usually in very shallow depths of a few meters (Ref. 48636); also on rocky and coralline structures (Ref. 529); among Acropora and Pocillopora corals of surf-swept algal ridge (Ref. ?). Occurs on large rocks on bottoms of well-developed surge channels; among Acropora and Pocillopora corals of surf-swept algal ridge (Ref. ?).

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 Cirripectes stigmaticus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;: rocky;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed; Coral Reefs; Corals: hard corals;
Special habitats Ref.	Letourneur, Y., P. Chabanet, P. Durville, M. Taquet, E. Teissier, M. Parmentier, J.-C. Quéro and K. Pothin, 2004

Associations

Ref.	Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2012
Associations
Associated with	Acropora and Pocillopora corals (Ref. ?).
Association remarks	Found solitary or forms small groups (Ref. 90102).
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Myers, R.F., 1991
Feeding habit	grazing on aquatic plants
Feeding habit Ref.	Myers, R.F., 1991

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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