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Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
Mustard hill coral| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Anthozoa | Scleractinia | Poritidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 70 m (Ref. 83917). Subtropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Western Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Short description Morphology
Colonies are generally massive but are often encrusting. They are usually small but may be several meters across. The surface usually lumpy, sometimes smooth and nodular. Tentacles are commonly extended during the day. They are usually bright yellow to dark grey brown in color, sometimes green.
Zooxanthellate (Ref. 116012). Reef flat (Ref. 811). In Belize, it was found in a submarine cave near Columbus Cay at a depth of 10 m (Ref. 87209).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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).
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
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)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 June 2021
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Appendix II: International trade monitored
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Hexacorallians of the World | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 22.8 - 28, mean 26.4 (based on 394 cells).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.