Ecology Summary - Tawera elliptica

Ecology Summary - Tawera elliptica

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Ecology of Tawera elliptica

Main Ref.	Servicio Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura., 2011
Remarks	It is an infaunal species found on sandy, muddy, gravel and shell covered substrates at depths of 2 to 80 meters. Gonochoric species with free-living larvae (Ref. 87801). It is found in forests of Macrocystis pyrifera (Ref. 92889).

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 Tawera elliptica may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Adami, M.L. and S. Gordillo, 1999
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed;
Special habitats Ref.	Adami, M.L. and S. Gordillo, 1999

Associations

Ref.
Associations
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.	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
Ref.

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