Ecology Summary - Kellia suborbicularis

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Ecology of Kellia suborbicularis

Main Ref.	Zenetos, A., E. Vardala-Theodorou and C. Alexandrakis, 2005
Remarks	Infaunal (Ref. 104365). Found in the intertidal zone, occupying empty shells, empty pholad holes in crevices and in mussel beds (Ref. 95344).

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 Kellia suborbicularis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; endofauna (infauna);
Substrate Ref.	Harbo, R.M., 1997
Special habitats	Beds: bivalve; Other habitats: burrows; (Occupy empty shells (Ref. 95344).);
Special habitats Ref.	Harbo, R.M., 1997

Associations

Ref.	Zenetos, A., E. Vardala-Theodorou and C. Alexandrakis, 2005
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

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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