Ecology Summary - Dendostrea folium

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Ecology of Dendostrea folium

Main Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Remarks	On rocks or sea whip stems. Common in mangrove areas (Ref. 348). Also found in mud, rubble, and shell hash (Ref. 75840). Shallow sublittoral, on boulders and corals (Ref. 127083).

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 Dendostrea folium may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom: mud; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Valentich-Scott, P., 2003
Special habitats	Beds: rock; vegetation ( stems/trunk, );
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Kangas, M.I., S. Morrison, P. Unsworth, E. Lai, I. Wright and A. Thomson, 2006

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.