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Ecology Summary - Mytilus chilensis
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Ecology of Mytilus chilensis
 
Main Ref. Jaramillo, E., J. Navarro and J. Winter, 1981
Remarks This is an epifaunal species found on soft sandy and muddy bottoms and diverse rocky substrates including cobbles and associated with holdfasts or fronds of brown algae in inner fjords, channels and exposed areas (Ref. 87801).

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 Mytilus chilensis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic; : sand; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref. Ríos, C. and E. Mutschke, 1999
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Jaramillo, E., J. Navarro and J. Winter, 1981
Associations commensalism;
Associated with Edotea magellanica
Association remarks Edotea magellanica living within the mantle cavity of bivalve molluscs.
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
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
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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