Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Hexacorallia | Scleractinia | Plerogyridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Reef-associated; depth range 0 - 40 m (Ref. 847). Tropical; 30°N - 31°S, 32°E - 179°W (Ref. 847)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: Japan to Australia and Red Sea to Fiji.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Colonies are massive or form thick plates and meandroid in form with short, widely separated valleys. Tentacles are extended only at night and during the day the whole colony surface is covered with a mass of vesicles. Pale gray sometimes dull green in color.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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

Babcock, R.C. 2003. (Ref. 791)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Vulnerable (VU) (A4cd); Date assessed: 03 January 2008

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.1 - 28.2, mean 27 (based on 212 cells).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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