Ecology Summary - Mytilopsis leucophaeata

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Ecology of Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Main Ref.	Hill, M., R. Baker, G. Broad, P.J. Chandler, G.H. Coop, J. Ellis, D. Jones, C. Hoyland, I. Laing, M. Longshaw, N. Moore, D. Parrott, D. Pearman, C. Preston, R.M. Smith and R. Waters, 2005
Remarks	From littoral sediments (Ref. 1314). Byssate, epibiotic. Found in an estuarine environment (Ref. 104365). Commensal with amphipods (Ref. 82302).

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 Mytilopsis leucophaeata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic;
Substrate Ref.	Turgeon, D.D., W.G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg and F. Moretzsohn, 2009
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Thomas, J.D. and K.N. Klebba, 2007
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Inhabited by Leucothoe flammosa.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Odum, W.E. and E.J. Heald, 1972
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	2.00	0.00			Troph of juv./adults.
From individual food items	2.00	0.00			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Odum, W.E. and E.J. Heald, 1972