Dipsastraea laxa   (Klunzinger, 1879)

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Anthozoa | Scleractinia | Merulinidae

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

Reef-associated; depth range 6 - 25 m (Ref. 8294).  Tropical; 36°N - 31°S, 32°E - 172°E (Ref. 848)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and eastern Africa, east to New Caledonia, north to Japan.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Colony: hemispherical. Corallites: conical, uniform shape. Extra- and intratentacular budding both present. Paliform lobes form a neat crown. Septae: fine, neatly arranged. Costae: neat; visible tiny line of demarcation separates costae of adjacent corallites. Color: uniform, often pale brown or pinkish-brown (Ref. 848).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 98471. Occurs in shallow reef environments (Ref. 848). In lagoons and on the back and foreslope of the reef (Ref. 98471).

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

Ross, M.A. and G. Hodgson. 1981. (Ref. 8294)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 01 January 2008

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Hexacorallians of the World | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.3 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 3151 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.