Warning: session_start(): open(e:\temp\sess_0tnjme6ia8ehh2t93frvj7lai5, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in C:\Apache24\htdocs\includes\lang_session.php on line 4
Ecology Summary - Crepidula adunca
SeaLifeBase
Ecology of Crepidula adunca
 
Main Ref. Gallivan, G. and J. Danforth, 1999
Remarks Occurs from middle to low intertidal zones; females live the majority of their lives on the outside of the shell of the Turban Snail (Tegula spp.), while males move from snail to snail. Filter feeder on plankton and detritus; captures drifting food with a mucous net (Ref. 312).

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 Crepidula adunca may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats Other habitats: other invertebrates (Stacked up on snail shells and top shells (Ref. 95344).);
Special habitats Ref. Harbo, R.M., 1997

Associations

Ref. Harbo, R.M., 1997
Associations commensalism;
Associated with Tegula funebralis, Calliostoma.
Association remarks Often stacked up on snail shells, top shells, and especially on the Black Turban (Ref. 95344).
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref. Gallivan, G. and J. Danforth, 1999
Feeding habit filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items 3.91 0.31 Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
Comments & Corrections
 
 
Back to Search