BIOTIC

BIOTIC Species Information for Philine aperta
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Researched by	Emily Wilson	Data supplied by	MarLIN
Refereed by	This information is not refereed.
General Biology
Growth form	Globose	Feeding method	Predator Scavenger
Mobility/Movement	Crawler	Environmental position	Infaunal
Typical food types	Pectinaria koreni, Echinocyamus pusillus, foraminiferans, and small infaunal lamellibranchs and gastropods.	Habit	Free living
Bioturbator		Flexibility	Low (10-45 degrees)
Fragility	Intermediate	Size	Small-medium(3-10cm)
Height	Insufficient information	Growth Rate	Insufficient information
Adult dispersal potential	>10km	Dependency	Independent
Sociability	Solitary
Toxic/Poisonous?
General Biology Additional Information	Philine aperta lives just beneath the surface of fine sediment. The species 'ploughs' through the sediment as it moves and should not really be considered as burrowing species. Although the species has an internal shell, this is small relative to the total body size and there is therefore, some flexibility. A scavenging habit was observed under laboratory conditions on freshly killed bivalves.
Biology References	Hayward & Ryland, 1995b, Hayward et al., 1996, Fish & Fish, 1996, Thompson & Brown, 1976, Thompson, 1976, Lancaster, 1983,