Montastraea cavernosa, Great star coral

Montastraea cavernosa   (Linnaeus, 1766)

Great star coral

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Hexacorallia | Scleractinia | Faviidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

Υφαλόφιλο(α); εύρος βάθους 1 - 113 m (Αναφ. 127877).  Tropical; 33°N - 25°S, 98°W - 10°E (Αναφ. 848)

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda to Brazil and Mexico to Gabon.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Μορφολογία

Colonies are massive, forming boulders or domes, or are flat plates. Corallites are variable but are usually conical and exsert. Long and short septa strongly alternate, with alternate septa joined to the columella. Commonly green, brown, grey, or orange.

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Zooxanthellate (Refs. 116012, 121684). Found on rocky reef, in shallow to mesophotic waters (Ref. 121684). Common throughout the Caribbean to a depth of 70 m (Ref. 415). In Belize, it was found in a submarine cave near Columbus Cay at a depth of 10 m (Ref. 87209).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | 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 Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Αναφ. 415)

IUCN Red List Status (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 June 2021

CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)


CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Τροφική Οικολογία
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Θηρευτές
Οικολογία
Population dynamics
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Mass conversion
Αφθονία
Life cycle
Αναπαραγωγή
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση
Γονιμότητα
Γεννοβολία
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Physiology
Κατανάλωση οξυγόνου

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 5.8 - 16.9, mean 10 (based on 269 cells).
Price category (Αναφ. 80766): Unknown.