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Sessile; depth range 1 - 10 m (Ref. 363). Subtropical

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Endemic to the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 358)

Short description Morphology

Diameter of the pedal disc: 7 cm; diameter of the oral disc, without the tentacles: 12 cm maximum; 30 cm with its tentacles 96; laid out in 5 crowns around the oral siphon; and measuring approximately 8 cm; thick, they are completed in a round point. Oral disc comprising of the reasons for varied color: gray with nuances white; yellow; green or brown; also gray tentacles with nuances of white; yellow or brown; and with point violet; one the lower third of the foot; as for him, is red orange and counts 12 longitudinal bands of a tinted dirty white of yellow; partially discontinuous (Ref. 358).

Always inserted in the sandy or gravelly funds; the free foot in its substrate and the oral disc as well as the tentacles flat on the surface. Common of the small funds (Ref. 358). Sandy Funds from 1 to 10 m (Ref. 363). Known from infralittoral zones (Ref. 85338). Solitary (Ref. 2377).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Göthel, H. 1992. (Ref. 358)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 September 2014

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 17.6 - 21.8, mean 19.2 (based on 431 cells).

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Condylactis aurantiaca (Delle Chiaje, 1825)