Ecology Summary - Megabalanus tintinnabulum

Ecology Summary - Megabalanus tintinnabulum

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Ecology of Megabalanus tintinnabulum

Main Ref.	Young, P.S., 1998
Remarks	Littoral to sublittoral (Ref. 99821). Intertidal (Ref. 106854), in highly exposed shores (Ref. 125338). Known as a fouling species (Ref. 81749).

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 Megabalanus tintinnabulum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Gittings, S.R., 2009
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	López, D.A., B.A. López, C.K. Pham, E.J. Isidro and M. De Girolamo, 2010
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	López, D.A., B.A. López, C.K. Pham, E.J. Isidro and M. De Girolamo, 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
Ref.

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