Mode of larval development

ID: 5

Class: Reproductive

Description:

The mode of larval development classified as either a brooder, where fertilization is internal and colonies release planulae larvae, or a broadcast spawner, where gametes are release for external fertilization and the planulae develops in the plankton.

Standards:

Values: spawner brooder both

Methodologies:

Editor: Andrew Baird (contact)

Observations

Acanthastrea echinata

Acropora abrolhosensis

Acropora abrotanoides

Acropora aculeus

Acropora anthocercis

Acropora appressa

Acropora arabensis

Acropora aspera

Acropora branchi

Acropora bushyensis

Acropora carduus

Acropora cerealis

Acropora cervicornis

Acropora clathrata

Acropora dendrum

Acropora digitifera

Acropora divaricata

Acropora donei

Acropora echinata

Acropora elseyi

Acropora eurystoma

Acropora florida

Acropora gemmifera

Acropora glauca

Acropora grandis