Hexacorallia |
Scleractinia |
Euphylliidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 40 m (Ref. 847). Tropical; 30°N - 24°S, 95°E - 179°W (Ref. 847)
Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia to Fiji and Japan to New Caledonia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm COLD male/unsexed; (Ref. 847)
Colonies are phaceloid with corallites circular or flabellomeandroid with short valleys that are up to 40 millimeters wide. Septa are very close compacted and there is no columellae. Tentacles are short and fleshy and covered with short uniform branches each with a terminal knob. Retraction of tentacles are slow. Usually a distinctive purple-grey, sometimes greenish-grey, occasionally translucent with branches having pale tips.
Found in shallow reef environments (Ref. 847).
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. 2000 Corals of the world. Volume 2. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR Qld. Pty. Ltd. Australia. 429 p. (Ref. 847)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
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Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 26.7 - 29, mean 28.1 (based on 424 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
