Main Ref. | Bruce, A.J., 2005 |
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Remarks | Epizoic, intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 106854). Found on crinoids (Refs. 83472, 102275). |
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; |
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Substrate Ref. | Hosie, A.M., A. Sampey, P.J. Davie and D.S. Jones, 2015 |
Special habitats | Other habitats: other invertebrates (Refer to associations.); |
Special habitats Ref. |
Ref. | Zmarzly, D.L., 1984 |
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Associations | parasitism; symbiosis; |
Associated with | Comanthina schlegeli; Comanthus bennetti (Ref. 100838); Capillaster multiradiatus; Comanthina belli; Comanthus parvicirrus; Comanthus timorensis; Comaster distinctus; Comatella nigra; Zygometra microdiscus; Heterometra africana; Himerometra robustipinna; Tropiometra afra (Ref. 102275). Dicropleon morator (Ref. 124798). |
Association remarks | The species occupies and darts between the distal parts of the arms of the crinoid (Ref. 100838). Infested by Dicropleon morator (Ref. 124798). |
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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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