Brachidontes exustus
Scorched Mussel
A bivalve that filters or grazes tiny suspended food and links water-column production to larger consumers.
Biomes This Species Lives In
Follow this species across the habitats where it currently appears in the miniBIOTA biosphere.
The Un Eaten: A Succession Crisis in the Seagrass Meadow
Seagrass Meadow Competition Moves Through the Food Web
Scorched Mussels Persist After the Oysters Failed
Ecological Web
Documented food-web, habitat, competition, nutrient, behavior, and risk relationships for this species.
Relationship Layer
Energy Flow
Scorched Mussel
Filter-feeding plankton consumer
Filters
General Ecology
Current
Suspended particulates
detritus
Scorched Mussels are represented as filter feeders of suspended particles in the Seagrass Meadow.
Ecological events 85 and 132 document Scorched Mussel field-trip addition context and three visible mussels in the Seagrass Meadow.