Observation record

ID: 256560

Species: Eunicella singularis

Original species entered: 125365 (WoRMS)

Location: Medes Islands, Spain

Primary resource: Coma, R., Llorente-Llurba, E., Serrano, E., Gili, J. M., & Ribes, M. (2015) Natural heterotrophic feeding by a temperate octocoral with symbiotic zooxanthellae: a contribution to understanding the mechanisms of die-off events.

Contributor: Daniel Gomez Gras

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Measurements

• 336782

  Food sources

  Particulated Organic Matter (POM) (cat)

  Raw value

  Polyp content examination
  
  
• 336783

  Food sources

  Zooplankton (cat)

  Raw value

  Polyp content examination
  
  
• 336784

  Size of prey items

  480.00 (µm)

  Median

  Polyp content examination
  
  
  40 - 920 (Range)

  replicates: 50
• 336788

  Water depth

  19.50 (m)

  Median

  Depth gauge
  
  
  4 - 35 (Range)
• 336787

  Capture rate

  0.00056 (µmN polyp^-1 h^-1)

  Mean

  Polyp content examination
  
  
  0.00012 (Standard error)

  replicates: 50
• 336786

  Capture rate

  0.003 (µmC polyp^-1 h^-1)

  Mean

  Polyp content examination
  
  
  0.0005 (Standard error)

  replicates: 50
• 336785

  Capture rate

  0.017 (prey polyp^-1 h^-1)

  Mean

  Polyp content examination
  
  
  0.002 (Standard error)

  replicates: 50