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Rhabdus rectius
(Western Straight Tuskshell)
©
Ronald Shimek
(Photo ID #39420)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Imperial Eagle Channel, North of Sanford Island, Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, BC.
Photographer
Ronald Shimek
Habitat
Subtidal Silty Sand
Photo Date
June 15, 1984
Upload Date
May 21, 2013
Elevation (m)
-80
UTM Zone #
Latitude
48.8777777777778
UTM Easting
Longitude
-125.185833333333
UTM Northing
Photo ID #
39420
Notes
The most abundant scaphopod in BC waters, this animal reaches densities of 50 animals per square meter or more in many of the fjord systems along the coast. Unlike the other scaphopods in the region, this animal is a generalized feeder eating everything from kinorhynchs to foraminiferans to sediment to small pieces of polyeurythae rope. It is eatend by the Ratfish Hydrolagus colliei.
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