Ecology Summary - Pellina carbonaria

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Ecology of Pellina carbonaria

Main Ref.	Bergquist, P.R., 1965
Remarks	Filter-feeder (Ref. 68823). Found on mangrove roots (Ref. 121478).

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 Pellina carbonaria may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	vegetation ( roots/holdfast, );
Special habitats Ref.	Jaccarini, V. and E. Martens (eds.), 1992

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
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
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