| Main Ref. | Rocha, R.M., S.B. Faria and T.R. Moreno, 2005 |
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| Remarks | Common in the ponds, where it grows either directly on the peat bank or on large solitary ascidians or oysters (Ref. 1758, 86424), found in harbours, attached to kelp, and it grows on man-made structures or on other ascidians (Ref. 2268). Filter-feeder (Ref. 68823). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Substrate | Benthic: sessile; Hard Bottom; |
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| Substrate Ref. | Cole, L. and G. Lambert, 2009 |
| Special habitats | Beds: algae/seaweed; bivalve; others; Coral Reefs; vegetation ( roots/holdfast, ); |
| Special habitats Ref. | Goodbody, I., 2003 |
| Ref. | Turon, X., 2010 |
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| Associations | colony-forming/symphorism; |
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| Parasitism |
| Feeding type | mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19) |
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| Feeding type Ref. | Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004 |
| Feeding habit | filtering plankton |
| Feeding habit Ref. | Castro, P. and M.E. Huber, 2005 |
| Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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