Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
Asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 2000 m (Ref. 87091). Tropical; 33°N - 8°N, 98°W - 58°W (Ref. 847)
Western Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Short description
Morfología
Colonies are encrusting to massive. Corallites with numerous septa tightly compacted giving a smooth surface. Septa are uniformly separated and reduce numbers from the wall to the columella without forming many fan-like fusions. Usually light reddish brown in color.
Zooxanthellate (Ref. 116012). Common throughout the Caribbean on protected shallow reefs or deeper reefs (Ref. 415).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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).
Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Ref. 415)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Human uses
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Herramientas
Más información
Age/Size
Crecimiento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfología
Larva
Abundancia
Fuentes de Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 6.2 - 16.9, mean 10.3 (based on 212 cells).
Price category
Unknown.