Turbinaria frondens, Yellow cup coral

Turbinaria frondens   (Dana, 1846)

Yellow cup coral

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Hexacorallia | Scleractinia | Dendrophylliidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Revassocierade; djupintervall 0 - 40 m (Ref. 847).  Tropical; 36°N - 40°S, 32°E - 137°W (Ref. 847)

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morfologi

Encrusting to vasiform in shallow water; foliaceous with nested whorls at 8 to 25 m depths; crateriform in deeper water (Ref. 88997).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found on subtidal reefs, boulder substrata (Ref. 88997), and rocky foreshores (Ref. 98471).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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 referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Nemenzo, F. Sr. 1986 Guide to Philippine Flora and Fauna. Corals. Natural Resources Management Center, Ministry of Natural Resources and University of the Philippines. 5:273 pp. (Ref. 910)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 26 October 2023

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Internet-källor

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.2 - 28.9, mean 27.5 (based on 326 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.