Ecology Summary - Neotrypaea californiensis

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Ecology of Neotrypaea californiensis

Main Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Remarks	Found in tidal flats of sand and mud on the sea coasts and in estuarine areas. Forms burrows in soft substrates (Ref. 4). Primarily feeds on plankton and sediment detritus obtained from burrowing. Regularly burrows to find food, re-tunneling up to a depth of 76 cm (Ref. 101553).

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 Neotrypaea californiensis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991

Associations

Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1991
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Macdonald, T.A., B.J. Burd, V.I. Macdonald and A. van Roodselaar, 2010
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Animal Diversity Web, 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	2.44	0.23			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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