| Main Ref. | Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003 |
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| Remarks | Colonial (Ref. 19). Known from mangroves (Ref. 86642), exposed areas of bays, including any ledges at their entrance, shallow reefs, deeper coastal substrates (25- 100m) of the offshore fore-reef slope, Banks and upper slope (> 100m), tops of Challenger and Argus seamounts (Ref. 86643). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Substrate | Benthic; Hard Bottom; |
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| Substrate Ref. | Calder, D.R. and S.D. Cairns, 2009 |
| Special habitats | Coral Reefs; |
| Special habitats Ref. |
| Ref. | Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003 |
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| Associations | colony-forming/symphorism; |
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| Parasitism |
| Feeding type | plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79) |
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| Feeding type Ref. | Coma, R., M. Ribes, C. Orejas and J.M. Gili, 1999 |
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| Feeding habit Ref. |
| Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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| From individual food items | 2.72 | 0.31 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
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