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

Reef-associated; depth range 3 - 25 m (Ref. 8294). Tropical; 36°N - 34°S, 26°E - 108°E (Ref. 848)

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Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Colony: often flat and subplocoid. Corallites: clearly subplocoid on convex surfaces; crowded on flat surfaces, becoming cerioid and irregularly shaped; up to 3 centers possible. Septa: exsert, thin, irregular; steeply plunge inside the wall. Paliform lobes either poorly developed or absent. Wide variety of colors, often with contrasting corallite walls and oral discs (Ref. 848).

Depth based from occurrence (Ref. 8294); to be replaced with a better reference. Found in upper reef slopes (Ref. 848).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 January 2008

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.4 - 29, mean 28.2 (based on 669 cells).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Dipsastraea rotumana (Gardiner, 1899)