| Family: |
Chalinidae () |
| Max. size: |
1.5 cm H (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
sessile; brackish; marine |
| Distribution: |
Western Central Atlantic: Caribbean. |
| Diagnosis: |
Thick encrusting with oscular chimneys, hollow fistules, digitate projections, and lobes: 1.5 cm high, 0.1 - 0.5 cm wide. Oscules: 0.1 - 0.2 cm wide at end of chimneys or spread on projection. Blue internally and externally (Ref. 415). |
| Biology: |
Rare on mangroves roots (Ref. 415). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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