Ecology Summary - Acanthopleura spinosa

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Ecology of Acanthopleura spinosa

Main Ref.	Schwabe, E., 2006
Remarks	Seeks shelter within crevices during low tide (Ref. 101383). Associated with Saccostrea cucculata (Ref. 2919).

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 Acanthopleura spinosa may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Britton, J.C. and B. Morton, 2003
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.	Jones, D.S, 2004

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	O'Connor, S., S. Ulm, S.J. Fallon, A. Barham and I. Loch, 2010
Feeding habit	grazing on aquatic plants
Feeding habit Ref.	O'Connor, S., S. Ulm, S.J. Fallon, A. Barham and I. Loch, 2010

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.
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