Depth range
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littoral
Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011) Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 398 - 399 (Includes a picture).
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Habitat
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in high-energetic surfzones on sandy beaches, where it feeds on diatoms. During the day it lays buried in the top inch of sand from low-water to about mid-tide level. It is nocturnal in its habits and swims about in the water at night
Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011) Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 398 - 399 (Includes a picture).
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