Anthozoa |
Scleractinia |
Merulinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 3 - 40 m (Ref. 8294). Tropical; 36°N - 34°S, 32°E - 108°W (Ref. 848)
Indo-Pacific: Japan to Australia and Red Sea to Easter Island.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Corallites are small, moderately plocoid, distinct, and almost circular. Color is usually grey-green.
Maximum depth from Ref. 98471. Occurs at intertidal rock pools, subtidal reefs (Ref. 88997), especially rocky reefs, outer reef channel, back and foreslope and in lagoons (Ref. 98471).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hermaphroditic (Ref. 113712). Mature gametes are shed into the coelenteron and spawned through the mouth. Life cycle: The zygote develops into a planktonic planula larva. Metamorphosis begins with early morphogenesis of tentacles, septa and pharynx before larval settlement on the aboral end (Ref. 833).
Ross, M.A. and G. Hodgson. 1981. (Ref. 8294)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.5 - 28.9, mean 27.7 (based on 644 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
