Main Ref. | Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003 |
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Remarks | Occurs in shallow waters <50 m depth, but absent along the continental coast. Found in areas of fine sand (Ref. 96391). Colonial (Ref. 19). Sessile (Ref. 3123). Suspension feeder (Ref. 118257). Found at depths of 3 to 2200 m (Ref. 120471). |
Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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Substrate | Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom: sand ( fine, ); |
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Substrate Ref. | Callaway, R., J. Alsvag, I. de Boois, J. Cotter, A. Ford, H. Hinz, S. Jennings, I. Kroncke, J. Lancaster, G. Piet, P. Prince and S. Ehrich, 2002 |
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Special habitats Ref. |
Ref. | Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003 |
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Associations | colony-forming/symphorism; |
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Feeding habit | filtering plankton |
Feeding habit Ref. | Denisenko, N.V., S.G. Denisenko, K.K. Lehtonen, A.-B. Andersin and H.R. Sandler, 2007 |
Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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