Ecology Summary - Acanthocardia aculeata

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Ecology of Acanthocardia aculeata

Main Ref.	Gaspar, M.B., M.N. Santos and P. Vasconcelos, 2001
Remarks	Found in an estuary (Ref. 122134). Coastal species (Ref. 112064), intertidal to the continental shelf (Ref. 105964). Lives in mud (Ref. 105964) and coarse sand (Ref. 106644).

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 Acanthocardia aculeata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, ); mud;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Other habitats: burrows;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Gaspar, M.B., M.N. Santos and P. Vasconcelos, 2001
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

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.