Ecology Summary - Cyrtopleura costata

Ecology Summary - Cyrtopleura costata

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Ecology of Cyrtopleura costata

Main Ref.	Carpenter, K.E. (ed.), 2002
Remarks	It is found infaunal in compact mud or sand, from intertidal to shallow subtidal depths. Borer in mud bottoms in protected bays (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 Cyrtopleura costata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.	Carpenter, K.E. (ed.), 2002

Associations

Ref.	Carpenter, K.E. (ed.), 2002
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
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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