Virgin Islands (US) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: M: Ref. 847; O: Ref. 92796.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vq.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Veron, J.E.N., 2000
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Massive starlet coral, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Scleractinia (Stony corals) > Siderastreidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

Associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 2000 m (Ref. 87091). Tropical; 33°N - 8°N, 98°W - 58°W (Ref. 847)

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Western Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

Short description Morfologia

Colonies are encrusting to massive. Corallites with numerous septa tightly compacted giving a smooth surface. Septa are uniformly separated and reduce numbers from the wall to the columella without forming many fan-like fusions. Usually light reddish brown in color.

Zooxanthellate (Ref. 116012). Common throughout the Caribbean on protected shallow reefs or deeper reefs (Ref. 415).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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).

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Ref. 415)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Critically Endangered (CR) (A3c); Date assessed: 01 June 2021

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

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Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

Informazioni ulteriori

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 6.2 - 16.9, mean 10.3 (based on 212 cells).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Siderastrea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)