Ecology of Nodipecten nodosus
 
Main Ref. Miloslavich, P., J.M. Díaz, E. Klein, J.J. Alvarado, C. Díaz, J. Gobin, E. Escobar-Briones, Motta, J.J. Cruz, E. Weil, J. Cortés, A.C. Bastidas, R. Roberston, F. Zapata, A. Martín, J. Castillo, A. Kazandjian and M. Ortiz, 2010
Remarks At the limit between rocks and sandy or gravel bottoms, often attached to rocks. Also inside small rocky caves and crevices or on sandy or calcareous patches adjacent to rocks (Ref. 93548).

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 Nodipecten nodosus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref. Rupp, G.S. and G.J. Parsons, 2006
Special habitats Beds: rock;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Rupp, G.S. and G.J. Parsons, 2006
Associations commensalism;
Associated with Ostrea equestris, Crassostrea rhizophorae, Perna perna, Leptopecten bavayi; Lithophaga patagonica; Thais haemastoma; Cymatium parthenopeum; Polidora websterii; Balanus sp., Bugula sp., Schizoporella sp., Clavelina sp.; Styela sp., Bundosoma sp., Ectopleura sp., Stylochoplana sp..
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref. Freites, L., N. García, C. Lodeiros, A.N. Maeda-Martínez, L. Troccoli, A. Vásquez and H. Guderley, 2013
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
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items 2.00 0.00 Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
Ref.
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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