Hexacorallia |
Scleractinia |
Merulinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range
Οικολογία
Υφαλόφιλο(α); εύρος βάθους 15 - 25 m (Αναφ. 8294). Tropical; 29°N - 34°S, 26°E - 108°W (Αναφ. 848)
Indo-Pacific: From Red Sea and southern Africa east to Easter Island, north to Ryukyu, south to Australia. Tropical to subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Colony: massive, usually small. Corallites: crowded, circular. Septa: thickened, exsert or ragged, with large teeth near the wall. Well developed paliform lobes forming a crown around the columella. Color: often brown or gray or mottled, with walls and calices of contrasting color (Ref. 848).
Depth based from occurrence (Ref. 8294); to be replaced with a better reference. Known from upper reef slopes (Ref. 848).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | 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).
Ross, M.A. and G. Hodgson. 1981. (Αναφ. 8294)
IUCN Red List Status
(Αναφ. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Εργαλεία
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες
Τροφική ΟικολογίαΤροφικά αντικείμενα
Σύσταση δίαιτας
Κατανάλωση τροφής
Food rations
Θηρευτές
Population dynamicsΑύξησηMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionΣτρατολόγησηΑφθονία Human RelatedAquaculture profiles
Stamps, coins, misc.
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 24.7 - 29, mean 28.2 (based on 240 cells).
Price category
Unknown.