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| Main Ref. | Gallivan, G. and J. Danforth, 1999 |
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| Remarks | Occurs from middle to low intertidal zones; females live the majority of their lives on the outside of the shell of the Turban Snail (Tegula spp.), while males move from snail to snail. Filter feeder on plankton and detritus; captures drifting food with a mucous net (Ref. 312). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Substrate | |
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| Substrate Ref. | |
| Special habitats | Other habitats: other invertebrates (Stacked up on snail shells and top shells (Ref. 95344).); |
| Special habitats Ref. | Harbo, R.M., 1997 |
| Ref. | Harbo, R.M., 1997 |
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| Associations | commensalism; |
| Associated with | Tegula funebralis, Calliostoma. |
| Association remarks | Often stacked up on snail shells, top shells, and especially on the Black Turban (Ref. 95344). |
| Parasitism |
| Feeding type | plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79) |
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| Feeding type Ref. | Gallivan, G. and J. Danforth, 1999 |
| Feeding habit | filtering plankton |
| Feeding habit Ref. |
| Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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| From individual food items | 3.91 | 0.31 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
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