Ecology Summary - Crassostrea rhizophorae

Ecology Summary - Crassostrea rhizophorae

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Ecology of Crassostrea rhizophorae

Main Ref.	Carpenter, K.E. (ed.), 2002
Remarks	Attached to roots of Rhizophora mangle, rocks or other oyster shells. It is mostly intertidal or shallow-subtidal species (Ref. 271).

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 Crassostrea rhizophorae may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile;
Substrate Ref.	Rupp, G.S. and G.J. Parsons, 2006
Special habitats	vegetation ( roots/holdfast, );
Special habitats Ref.	Carpenter, K.E. (ed.), 2002

Associations

Ref.	Carpenter, K.E. (ed.), 2002
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Nodipecten nodosus
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Seeliger, U. and B. Kjerfve, 2000
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
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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