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Madracis asperula Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849
Pointed pencil coral| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Hexacorallia | Scleractinia | Pocilloporidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Reef-associated; depth range 24 - 311 m (Ref. 116012). Subtropical; 34°N - 8°N, 98°W - 12°W (Ref. 847)
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Central Atlantic: Caribbean Sea and northern Canary Current.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Short description Morphology
Azooxanthellate species with colonies of fine twisted branches. Corallites are subcerioid with rounded outline. The coenosteum is covered by coarse spinules.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Anthozoa are either gonochoric or hermaphroditic. 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.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
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. (Ref. 1663)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 June 2021
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Appendix II: International trade monitored
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
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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, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 23.2 - 28, mean 25.6 (based on 186 cells).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.