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

Pocillopora meandrina

Pocillopora verrucosa

Polyphyllia novaehiberniae

Porites annae

Porites astreoides

Porites brighami

Porites compressa

Porites cylindrica

Porites evermanni

Porites furcata

Porites lobata

Porites lutea

Porites murrayensis

Porites panamensis

Porites porites

Porites rus

Porites solida

Porites stephensoni

Pourtalopsammia togata

Psammocora profundacella

Psammocora stellata

Psammocora superficialis

Pseudodiploria clivosa

Pseudodiploria strigosa

Rhizopsammia minuta