Ecology Summary - Mytilus chilensis

Ecology Summary - Mytilus chilensis

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Ecology of Mytilus chilensis

Main Ref.	Jaramillo, E., J. Navarro and J. Winter, 1981
Remarks	This is an epifaunal species found on soft sandy and muddy bottoms and diverse rocky substrates including cobbles and associated with holdfasts or fronds of brown algae in inner fjords, channels and exposed areas (Ref. 87801).

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 Mytilus chilensis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; : sand; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Ríos, C. and E. Mutschke, 1999
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Jaramillo, E., J. Navarro and J. Winter, 1981
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Edotea magellanica
Association remarks	Edotea magellanica living within the mantle cavity of bivalve molluscs.
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

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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