| Main Ref. | Schoppe, S., 2000 | 
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| Remarks | Inhabits exposed live or dead coral heads from 0 to 50 m in areas with strong currents (Ref. 800). Some individuals found to have incompletely exposed arms under edges of dead Acropora sp. (Ref. 100368). Associated with shrimps, lobsters, a polychaete, and fish (Refs. 800, 102254, 102275). Suspension feeder (Ref. 66823). | 
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies | 
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| Substrate | Benthic: mobile; | 
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| Substrate Ref. | Jeng, M.-S., 1998 | 
| Special habitats | Corals: hard corals: ( on exoskeleton, ); | 
| Special habitats Ref. | Schoppe, S., 2000 | 
| Ref. | Schoppe, S., 2000 | 
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| Associations | symbiosis; | 
| Associated with | Discotrema crinophila (Ergard and Moosleitner, 1985) (fish); Allogalathea elegans (Refs. 800, 100851), Allogalathea babai, Allogalathea inermis (lobsters) (Ref. 100851); Hololepidella laingensis (polychaete) (Ref. 102254); Palaemonella pottsi; Periclimenes commensalis (shrimps) (Ref. 102275). | 
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| Parasitism | 
| Feeding type | |
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| Feeding type Ref. | |
| Feeding habit | filtering plankton | 
| Feeding habit Ref. | 
| Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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