Hexacorallia |
Actiniaria |
Diadumenidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile. Subtropical
Western Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. )
Relatively small with tentacular crown up to 3.5 centimeters in diameter and 3 cm in height. Smooth green-gray or brown cylindrical column that may or may not have vertical orange or white stripes. 50 to 100 slender, tapering tentacles that are fully retractile, usually transparent, sometimes gray or light green flecked with white.
Known from infralittoral zones (Ref. 85338). Solitary (Ref. 2377). Found on rock surfaces, attached to one spot but can glide over the substrate. Will feed on any animal it can catch and swallow (Ref. 125338).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Capable of both asexual reproduction, through longitudinal fission, and sexual reproduction through release of gametes by both sexes followed by external fertilization and embryonic development (Ref. 3248).
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 Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophore, Second Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no,28. XI+115. With CD-ROM. (Ref. 1663)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
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Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 8 - 21.9, mean 12.1 (based on 886 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
