Ecology of Ruditapes philippinarum
| Main Ref. | Poutiers, J.M., 1998 |
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| Remarks | Found in littoral to sublittoral sediments (Ref. 1314). Intertidal and upper subtidal flats (Ref. 106937). Common in protected marine areas (Ref. 348). With short siphons and buries to only about 10 cm deep in a variety of substrates, from mud, sand, and gravel, high along intertidal areas (Refs. 95344, 104238). Occasionally overlaps with Zostera japonica beds or Zostera marina beds in the intertidal (Ref. 106937). Suspension feeder. Diet includes phytoplankton (Refs. 104238, 104360), benthic diatoms, and terrestrial organic matter (Ref. 104238). |
Aquatic zones / Water bodies
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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Habitat
| Substrate | Benthic: endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand ( level, ); mud; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble; |
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| Substrate Ref. | Çolakoğlu, S. and M. Palaz, 2014 |
| Special habitats | Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs: lagoons; |
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Associations
| Ref. | Poutiers, J.M., 1998 |
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| Associations | parasitism; |
| Associated with | protozoans Haplosporidium sp.; Marteilia sp.; Marteilioides sp. (Ref. 104360). |
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| Parasitism | inside host (Haplosporidium sp. found in connective tissues; Marteilia sp. in the digestive gland; Marteilioides sp. in oocytes (Ref. 104360).) |
feeding
| Feeding type | mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19) |
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| Feeding type Ref. | FAO, 2015 |
| Feeding habit | filtering plankton |
| Feeding habit Ref. | FAO, 2015 |
Trophic Level(s)
| Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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| From individual food items | 2.00 | 0.00 | Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items. | ||
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