Favia fragum (Esper, 1793)

Golfball coral

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050

This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.

Favia fragum AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

Upload your photos
Google image |

No image available for this species;
drawing shows typical species in Faviidae.

Classification / Names প্রচলিত নাম সমূহ | প্রতিনাম সমূহ | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Hexacorallia | Scleractinia | Faviidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / গভীরতার পরিসীমা / distribution range বাস্তুসংস্থান

রীফ সংশ্লিষ্ট; গভীরতার পরিসীমা 0 - 30 m (সূত্র 848). Subtropical; 33°N - 25°S, 92°W - 12°E (সূত্র 848)

Distribution দেশ সমূহ | এফ এ ও এলাকাসমূহ | বাস্তুতন্ত্র | দৃষ্টিগোচর | প্রচলন

Atlantic Ocean.

Length at first maturity / আকৃতি / Weight / Age

পরিপক্কতা : L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm COLD পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (সূত্র )

Short description বহিঃ অঙ্গ সংস্থান

Colony: small, usually less than 50 mm across, hemispherical to encrusting. Corallites: shape range from immersed to conical to tubular, may be circular with one mouth, to elongate with multiple mouths; intertidal encrusting colonies may be submeandroid; spherical colonies with unrestricted growing space often with tubular corallites; valleys seldom more than 5 mm across; walls neatly rounded, whatever the corallite shape. Septo-costae exsert and evenly spaced. Color: often tan to light orange-brown with pale green tentacles (Ref. 848).

Zooxanthellate (Ref. 116012). Common in shallow less than 15 m; reef habitats and sometimes seagrass beds (Ref. 415). Also in intertidal rock pools and shallow reef environments (Ref. 848).

Life cycle and mating behavior পরিপক্কতা | প্রজনন | ডিম ছাড়া | Eggs | ডিম্বধারন ক্ষমতা | 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).