Ecology Summary - Kuphus polythalamia
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Ecology of Kuphus polythalamia
 
Main Ref. Pechenik, J.A., 2005
Remarks May reach a length of 155 cm and a diameter of 6 cm. Found intertidal in mangrove mud (Ref. 53). Giant bivalve that burrows in black, organic-rich sediments in a marine bay, setting it apart from wood-boring shipworms. Descended from wood-feeding ancestors. Feeds by harboring sulfur-oxidizing chemoautotrophic (thioautotrophic) bacteria in contrast with other shipworms which use cellulolytic symbionts to obtain nutrition from decaying wood (Ref. 114919).

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 Kuphus polythalamia may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref. Distel, D.L., M.A. Altamia, Z. Lin, J.R. Shipway, A. Han, I. Forteza, R. Antemano, M.G.J. Penaflor Limbaco, A.G. Tebo, R. Dechavez, J. Albano, G. Rosenberg, G.P. Concepcion, E.W. Schmidt and M.G. Haygood, 2017

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit other
Feeding habit Ref. Distel, D.L., M.A. Altamia, Z. Lin, J.R. Shipway, A. Han, I. Forteza, R. Antemano, M.G.J. Penaflor Limbaco, A.G. Tebo, R. Dechavez, J. Albano, G. Rosenberg, G.P. Concepcion, E.W. Schmidt and M.G. Haygood, 2017

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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