Main Ref. | Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira, 2002 |
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Remarks | Distributed world-wide in warm seas (Ref. 3248). Known from tidal inlets, exposed areas of bays, including any ledges at their entrance, sounds, caves, shallow reefs, shallow coastal benthic habitats (< 25 m) (Ref. 86643), and on mangrove roots (Ref. 121478). Also found in Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, in patch reefs, high and low spur and groove zones, sand trough, outer ridge and fore-reef slopes on substrates composed of dead corals and gorgonians at depths of 2 to 18 m. As with other hydroids, this species exhibits a pelagic medusoid stage (Ref. 87156). |
Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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Substrate | Benthic: sessile; Pelagic; Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rubble; |
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Substrate Ref. | Spracklin, B.W., 1982 |
Special habitats | Coral Reefs: reef slope/drop-offs; reef flats; lagoons; vegetation ( roots/holdfast, ); |
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Ref. | Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira, 2002 |
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Associations | colony-forming/symphorism; |
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Feeding type | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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Feeding type Ref. | DeFelice, R.C., L.G. Eldredge and J.T. Carlton, 2001 |
Feeding habit | selective plankton feeding |
Feeding habit Ref. | DeFelice, R.C., L.G. Eldredge and J.T. Carlton, 2001 |
Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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