Anthozoa |
Alcyonacea |
Alcyoniidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile. Temperate
Atlantic Ocean: USA, Canada and Germany.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Attached species (Ref. 3123). This organism prey on sea urchins, gastropods, bivalves, or crustaceans that crawl or swim into their grasp, indicating its carnivorous feeding type (Ref. 87872).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Sexes are separate but protogynous hermaphroditism also occurs (female gametes are matured before male elements in the same individual) (Ref. 87872).
Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko. 2003. (Ref. 1663)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Growth
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Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.
