Ecology Summary - Magallana gigas

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Ecology of Magallana gigas

Main Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Remarks	Littoral and circalittoral rock and other hard substrata as well as littoral and sublittoral sediments (Ref. 1314). It is a sessile-burrower, suspension feeder (Ref. 96498).

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 Magallana gigas may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, ); mud; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, 2000
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Wang, J., K. Chrisoffersen, S. Buck and Y. Tao, 2007
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Wang, J., K. Chrisoffersen, S. Buck and Y. Tao, 2007

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.
Ref.