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Scleractinia |
Merulinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
Associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 40 m (Ref. 848). Tropical; 36°N - 27°S, 32°E - 180°E (Ref. 848)
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Occurs in reef slopes (Ref. 848). Also subtidally on rocks, rocky reefs, outer reef channel as well as lagoons (Ref. 98471).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
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).
Veron, J.E.N. and G. Hodgson. 1989. (Ref. 8817)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Strumenti
Informazioni ulteriori
Age/Size
Accrescimento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfologia
Larve
Abbondanza
Fonti Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.7 - 29, mean 28 (based on 556 cells).
Price category
Unknown.