Hexacorallia |
Actiniaria |
Hormathiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 10 - 1000 m (Ref. 119523). Polar; 78°N - 42°N, 7°W - 137°E
Northeast Atlantic and the Arctic: from Faroe Islands to Svalbard, south to Galicia Spain and east to Laptev Sea. Temperate to polar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Occurs in areas of silt to very fine sand (Ref. 96391). Abundant in sublittoral banks (Ref. 119529). Sessile (Ref. 3123). They settle on shells of large gastropods, predominantly Colus sabini (Ref. 119516). Solitary (Ref. 2377). Can be found at depths 10 to 1000 m (Ref. 119523).
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.
Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko. 2003. (Ref. 1663)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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