Hexacorallia |
Scleractinia |
Merulinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / تغييرات عمق / distribution range
بوم شناسي
وابسته به آب سنگ; تغييرات عمق 0 - 50 m (مرجع 115197). Tropical; 41°N - 37°S, 26°E - 170°W
Indo-Pacific. Tropical to subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / سن
بلوغ: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 2.0 cm DL جنس نر / بدون خواص جنسي; (مرجع 269)
The head coral is one of the numerous species so-called due to their rounded massive shape, similar to a human head. Corallites are evenly distributed, plocoid, exsert, circular or slightly oval, 1 to 2 cm in diameter, and usually separated from each other by a few millimeters. Colonies grow to about 1 m diameter and are found at all depths (Ref. 269). Color varies from grey-green, to brown; often mottled (Ref. 130769).
Corallites are evenly distributed, plocoid, exsert, circular or slightly oval, 1 to 2 cm in diameter, and usually separated from each other by few millimeters. Colonies grow to about 1 m diameter and are found at all depths (Ref. 269). Maximum depth from Ref. 98471. Colonies are found at all depths (Ref. 269). May occur on reef back margins (Ref. 848). Also on subtidal rocks, rocky reefs, outer reef channel, foreslopes, lagoons and inter-reef substrate (Ref. 98471).
Life cycle and mating behavior
بلوغ | تولید مثل | تخم ریزی | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hermaphroditic (Refs. 113708, 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).
مآخذ اصلی
مراجع | هماهنگ كننده | همكاران
Hodgson, G. 1998. (مرجع 269)
وضعيت در فهرست قرمز IUCN
(مرجع 130435: Version 2024-2)
وضعيت از نظر سايتس (مرجع 108899)
Not Evaluated
خطر برای انسان ها
استفاده انسانی
| FishSource |
ابزارها
اطلاعات بيشتر
Trophic Ecologyاقلام غذايي
تركيب غذايي
مصرف غذايي
Food rations
شکارچیان
Population dynamicsرشدMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.نوسانات طولیMass conversionبازسازیفراواني Human RelatedAquaculture profiles
Stamps, coins, misc.
منابع اينترنتي
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.5 - 29.1, mean 28.1 (based on 1300 cells).
طبقه قيمت
Unknown.