Anthozoa |
Scleractinia |
Poritidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 2 - 27 m (Ref. 107466). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Colony: flat or undulating plates. Corallites: septal spines usually regularly tapered. Polyps: short with knob-like tentacle tips. Color: pale pinkish-brown to bright pink, occasionally with grey oral discs and white tentacle tips (Ref. 848).
Found on shallow reef environments (Ref. 848).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Anthozoa are either gonochoric or hermaphroditic. 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.
Veron, J.E.N. and G. Hodgson. 1989. (Ref. 8817)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 127697)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.6 - 29.3, mean 27.8 (based on 2132 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
