Ecology Summary - Saccostrea cuccullata

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Ecology of Saccostrea cuccullata

Main Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Remarks	Attached to rocks in the intertidal where it may form a distinct zone in the upper eulittoral (Ref. 801). Found in shallow subtidal levels and occurs in dense colonies (Ref. 101156). Also on the breathing roots and trunks of mangrove trees and on pier piles (Ref. 102838). Coexists with an assemblage of grazing gastropods (Ref. 101156).

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 Saccostrea cuccullata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; macrobenthos; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Special habitats	Beds: rock; Other habitats: vegetation ( stems/trunk, roots/holdfast, ); pilings;
Special habitats Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998

Associations

Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Associations	colony-forming/symphorism;
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.	Dye, A.H., M.H. Schleyer, G. Lambert and T.A. Lasiak, 1994

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	2.23	0.16			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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