Ecology Summary - Lambis lambis

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Ecology of Lambis lambis

Main Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Remarks	Occurs at the low tide mark (Ref. 349), intertidal and found on subtidal reef and seagrass (Ref. 98588). It is also found on sand, weeds near corals (Ref. 799), muddy areas (Ref. 97553), reef-flats, coral rubble bottoms or mangrove areas (Ref. 128042). Shallowly burrows in sand or gravel. Grazes on animal matter in the mud. Also predominantly feeds on sand grains, polychaetes, bivalves and small crustaceans (Ref. 97553).

Main Ref.

Poutiers, J.M., 1998

Remarks

Occurs at the low tide mark (Ref. 349), intertidal and found on subtidal reef and seagrass (Ref. 98588). It is also found on sand, weeds near corals (Ref. 799), muddy areas (Ref. 97553), reef-flats, coral rubble bottoms or mangrove areas (Ref. 128042). Shallowly burrows in sand or gravel. Grazes on animal matter in the mud. Also predominantly feeds on sand grains, polychaetes, bivalves and small crustaceans (Ref. 97553).

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 Lambis lambis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Springsteen, F.J. and F.M. Leobrera, 1986
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs: reef flats; Corals: hard corals: ( on exoskeleton, ); Other habitats: burrows; other invertebrates (Usually associated with fine red algae on which it feeds.);
Special habitats Ref.	Barnes, D.K.A., A. Corrie, M. Whittington, M.A. Carvalho and F. Gell, 1998

Associations

Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Associations	colony-forming/symphorism;
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Siraimeetan, P., K.M.S. Ameer Hamsa and K. Satyanarayana Rao, 1988
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Siraimeetan, P., K.M.S. Ameer Hamsa and K. Satyanarayana Rao, 1988

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	2.91	0.25			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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