| Main Ref. | Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira, 2002 | 
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| Remarks | Neritic (Ref. 116114). Swims near the surface in murky waters near estuaries in harbors and embayments (Ref. 3248). Also found in mangroves (Ref. 116581). Commensals: host to Charybdis feriata megalopa (Ref. 116535). | 
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies | 
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| Substrate | Pelagic; | 
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| Special habitats | Coral Reefs; | 
| Special habitats Ref. | Rizman-Idid, M., A.B. Farrah-Azwa and V.C. Chong, 2016 | 
| Ref. | Larson, R.J., 1987 | 
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| Associations | symbiosis; commensalism; | 
| Associated with | Juvenile scombrids (Ref. 3268). Charybdis feriata megalopa, Paramacrochiron sp. (Ref. 116535). | 
| Association remarks | Also lives in symbiosis with algal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae) throughout its free-swimming medusa stage (Ref. 3264). | 
| Parasitism | 
| 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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| From individual food items | 3.00 | 0.00 | Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item | ||
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