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Giant Tiger Prawn
Role: Farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity 25-40 ppt, temperatures 25-30°C.
Mediterranean Mussel
Role: Water filtration, farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity 20-36 ppt, temperatures 8-24°C.
Tropical Abalone
Role: Farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity 34-35 ppt, temperatures 16-29°C.
Nile Tilapia
Role: Farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity up to 15 ppt, temperatures 26-30°C.
Hard Clam
Role: Benthic substrate stabilization, farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity 20-35 ppt, temperatures 10-30°C.
European Green Crab
Role: Pest control; Optimal conditions: Salinity 15-30 ppt, temperatures 4-18°C.
Pacific White Shrimp
Role: Farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity 12-20 ppt, temperatures 28-33°C.
Sea Cucumber
Role: Sediment turnover, farmed for food and medicine; Optimal conditions: Salinity 30-40 ppt, temperatures 22-28°C.
Nori
Role: Food product; Optimal conditions: Salinity 30-35 ppt, temperatures 5-20°C.
Freshwater Prawn
Role: Farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity 0-5 ppt, temperatures 28-31°C.
Atlantic Sea Scallop
Role: Farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity 30-35 ppt, temperatures 0-20°C.
Mangrove Crab
Role: Mangrove ecosystem maintenance; Optimal conditions: Salinity 5-25 ppt, temperatures 25-30°C.
Zebra Mussel
Role: Water filtration; Optimal conditions: Salinity 12-18 ppt, temperatures 12-30°C.
Pacific Oyster
Role: Water filtration, farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity 25-32 ppt, temperatures 15-25°C.
Triploid Oyster
Role: Water filtration, farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity 20-32 ppt, temperatures 8-28°C.
Bamboo Shrimp
Role: Farmed for food and aquarium trade; Optimal conditions: Salinity 0-5 ppt, temperatures 20-28°C.
Geoduck Clam
Role: Farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity 28-32 ppt, temperatures 8-15°C.
Bloodworm
Role: Fish food in aquaculture; Optimal conditions: Salinity 15-30 ppt, temperatures 2-20°C.
Rotifer
Role: Live feed in fish hatcheries; Optimal conditions: Salinity 5-25 ppt, temperatures 15-25°C.
Copepod
Role: Live feed in aquaculture; Optimal conditions: Salinity 20-35 ppt, temperatures 10-30°C.
Artemia (Brine Shrimp)
Role: Live feed in aquaculture; Optimal conditions: Salinity 30-150 ppt, temperatures 25-30°C.
Gulf Oyster
Role: Water filtration, farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity 10-30 ppt, temperatures 12-35°C.
Eastern Oyster
Role: Water filtration, farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity 10-35 ppt, temperatures 4-28°C.
Blue Mussel
Role: Water filtration, farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity 15-30 ppt, temperatures 4-15°C.
Red King Crab
Role: Farmed for food; Optimal conditions: Salinity 32-34 ppt, temperatures 1-6°C.
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