Ecology Summary - Tellimya ferruginosa

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Ecology of Tellimya ferruginosa

Main Ref.	Harms, J., 1993
Remarks	Found along near-coastal zones in fine to medium-grained sand. Associated with sand-burrowing invertebrates such as the sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum (Refs. 7882, 128502).

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 Tellimya ferruginosa may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: demersal; endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand ( fine, );
Substrate Ref.	Degraer, S., J. Wittoeck, W. Appeltans, K. Cooreman, T. Deprez, H. Hillewaert, K. Hostens, J. Mees, E. Vanden Berghe and M. Vincx, 2006
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Harms, J., 1993
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Echinocardium cordatum.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Gaudêncio, M.J. and H.N. Cabral, 2007
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Gaudêncio, M.J. and H.N. Cabral, 2007

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
Ref.