Ecology Summary - Anomalocardia brasiliana

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Ecology of Anomalocardia brasiliana

Main Ref.	Barreira, C.A.R. and M.L.R. Araújo, 2005
Remarks	Found in the intertidal zone to a depth of 1.5 m (Ref. 104267). Lives slightly buried in muddy sands of shallow water environments, particularly in mangrove lagoons (Ref. 81903). Adults prefer to settle in areas with fine or coarse sand where conditions are harsher during low tide (Ref. 104267). Strictly a filter-feeder (Ref. 104242). Suspension feeder (Ref. 105167). In general, suspension feeding bivalves mainly depend on phytoplankton and detritus material for nutrition (Ref. 107088). Sensitive to salinity variations but resistant to hypoxic conditions (Ref. 104267). Associated with a crab (Refs. 104147, 105309), bivalve and polychaetes (Ref.105309).

Main Ref.

Barreira, C.A.R. and M.L.R. Araújo, 2005

Remarks

Found in the intertidal zone to a depth of 1.5 m (Ref. 104267). Lives slightly buried in muddy sands of shallow water environments, particularly in mangrove lagoons (Ref. 81903). Adults prefer to settle in areas with fine or coarse sand where conditions are harsher during low tide (Ref. 104267). Strictly a filter-feeder (Ref. 104242). Suspension feeder (Ref. 105167). In general, suspension feeding bivalves mainly depend on phytoplankton and detritus material for nutrition (Ref. 107088). Sensitive to salinity variations but resistant to hypoxic conditions (Ref. 104267). Associated with a crab (Refs. 104147, 105309), bivalve and polychaetes (Ref.105309).

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 Anomalocardia brasiliana may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, fine, ); mud;
Substrate Ref.	Barreira, C.A.R. and M.L.R. Araújo, 2005
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Monti, D., L. Frenkiel and M. Moueza, 1991

Associations

Ref.	Boehs, G. and A.R.M. Magalhães, 2004
Associations	symbiosis;
Associated with	Holothuriophilus tomentosus (crab); Sphenia antillensis (bivalve); polychaetes.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Pagliosa, P.R., M. Cantor, F. Scherner, M.B.P. Otegui, A.L. Lemes-Silva, C.D. L. Martins, G.F. Alves, A. Fonseca and Horta Jr., 2012
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Pagliosa, P.R., M. Cantor, F. Scherner, M.B.P. Otegui, A.L. Lemes-Silva, C.D. L. Martins, G.F. Alves, A. Fonseca and Horta Jr., 2012

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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