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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
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items 2.00 0.00 Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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