Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
Associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 70 m (Ref. 847). Subtropical; 35°N - 8°N, 92°W - 58°W (Ref. 847)
Western Atlantic: USA to Caribbean Sea.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Encrusting to submassive colonies. Deep, monocentric corallites with 2-3 centers. Centers are separated by collines of irregular height and which run in irregular directions. Long and short septocostae clearly alternate. Uniform tan or mottled yellow-brown, sometimes with green mouths in color.
Maximum depth from Ref. 83917. Zooxanthellate (Ref. 116012).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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).
Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Ref. 415)
Status na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Status no CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Uso pelos humanos
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Ferramentas
Mais informação
Idade/TamanhoCrescimentoComprimento-pesoComprimento-comprimentoMorfologiaLarvasAbundância
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 25.1 - 28.1, mean 27.1 (based on 164 cells).
Categoria de preço
Unknown.
