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Ecology Summary - Kellia suborbicularis
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Ecology of Kellia suborbicularis
 
Main Ref. Zenetos, A., E. Vardala-Theodorou and C. Alexandrakis, 2005
Remarks Infaunal (Ref. 104365). Found in the intertidal zone, occupying empty shells, empty pholad holes in crevices and in mussel beds (Ref. 95344).

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 Kellia suborbicularis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: sessile; endofauna (infauna);
Substrate Ref. Harbo, R.M., 1997
Special habitats Beds: bivalve; Other habitats: burrows; (Occupy empty shells (Ref. 95344).);
Special habitats Ref. Harbo, R.M., 1997

Associations

Ref. Zenetos, A., E. Vardala-Theodorou and C. Alexandrakis, 2005
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
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
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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