Ecology Summary - Anomia ephippium

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Ecology Summary - Anomia ephippium

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Ecology of Anomia ephippium

Main Ref.	Gaspar, M.B., M.N. Santos and P. Vasconcelos, 2001
Remarks	Epifaunal, filter feeder (Ref. 96488). This is an attached species (Ref. 3123). Usually under stones (Ref. 107900) and widely distributed over crustose corallines (Ref. 113571).

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 Anomia ephippium may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed; Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Macfadyen, A. and E.D. Ford, 1987

Associations

Ref.	Gaspar, M.B., M.N. Santos and P. Vasconcelos, 2001
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Rueda, J.L., S. Gofas, J. Urra and C. Salas, 2009
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Rueda, J.L., S. Gofas, J. Urra and C. Salas, 2009

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.

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