| Main Ref. | Brook, F.J., 1998 |
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| Remarks | Associates with Porites lutea as an ectoparasite (Ref. 127936). Known from immediate subtidal to 30 m, on hermatypic scleractinian corals. |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Substrate | Benthic; |
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| Substrate Ref. | |
| Special habitats | Corals: hard corals: ( on exoskeleton, ); |
| Special habitats Ref. | Kaullysing, D., N. Taleb-Hossenkhan, B. Kulkarni and R. Bhagooli, 2019 |
| Ref. | Kaullysing, D., N. Taleb-Hossenkhan, B. Kulkarni and R. Bhagooli, 2019 |
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| Associations | parasitism; |
| Associated with | Porites lutea; |
| Association remarks | |
| Parasitism | outside host (Density affected by distribution of the coral host along the coast-reef scale.) |
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| Feeding type Ref. | |
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| Feeding habit Ref. |
| 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 | 3.34 | 0.61 | Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item | ||
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