| Main Ref. | Gardner, J.P.A., M.J. Curwen, J. Long, R.J. Williamson and A.R. Wood, 2006 |
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| Remarks | Found on fringing reefs where brown algae and coralline algae abound. Species is abundant in depressions and crevices among sponges and other sessile animals. Light-sensitive; forages through the night. Feeds on a wide range of algal species as well as bryozoans and sponges. Also associated with amphipods and chitons (Ref. 102372). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Substrate | Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky; |
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| Substrate Ref. | McKnight, D.G., 1968 |
| Special habitats | Beds: algae/seaweed; Coral Reefs; |
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| Ref. | Bruce, A.J., 1982 |
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| Associations | symbiosis; |
| Associated with | Athanas dorsalis (shrimp) (Ref. 102275); Primnoella asutralasiae (sea whip); Clarkoma pulcra (ophiuroid) (Ref. 102372). |
| Association remarks | The ophiuroid Clarkoma pulcra lives among the spines of C. rodgersii during the day (Ref. 102372). |
| Parasitism |
| Feeding type | plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79) |
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| Feeding type Ref. | Lawrence, J.M. (ed.), 2013 |
| Feeding habit | grazing on aquatic plants |
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| Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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