Ecology Summary - Ruditapes philippinarum

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Ecology of Ruditapes philippinarum

Main Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
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).

Main Ref.

Poutiers, J.M., 1998

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
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 Ruditapes philippinarum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand ( level, ); mud; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Çolakoğlu, S. and M. Palaz, 2014
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs: lagoons;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Associations	parasitism;
Associated with	protozoans Haplosporidium sp.; Marteilia sp.; Marteilioides sp. (Ref. 104360).
Association remarks
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)
Feeding type Ref.	FAO, 2015
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	FAO, 2015

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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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