Main Ref. | Bernard, F.R., Y.Y. Cai and B. Morton, 1993 |
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Remarks | Found in shallow waters in between corals (Ref. 122680). Byssally attached to rocks and coral debris (Ref. 8010). Inhabits reef areas of lagoons (Ref. 97298). Some found lying freely on sand, coarse gravel or dead coral substrates and often found in eel grass beds and other marine plants (Ref. 80041). Also occur in mangrove areas (Ref. 129120). Feeds on phytoplankton (Ref. 96904). |
Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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Substrate | Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, ); Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble; |
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Substrate Ref. | Oliver, P.G., A.M. Holmes, I.J. Killeen, J.M. Light and H. Wood, 2004 |
Special habitats | Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs: lagoons; vegetation |
Special habitats Ref. | Sotto, F.B. and R. von Cosel, 1982 |
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Feeding type | mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19) |
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Feeding type Ref. | Fournier, J., C. Dupuy, M. Bouvy, M. Couraudon-Réale, L. Charpy, S. Pouvreau, G. Le Moullac, M. Le Pennec and J.-C. Cochard, 2012 |
Feeding habit | filtering plankton |
Feeding habit Ref. | Oliver, P.G., A.M. Holmes, I.J. Killeen, J.M. Light and H. Wood, 2004 |
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 | 2.00 | 0.00 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
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