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

Sandalolitha dentata

Sandalolitha robusta

Scapophyllia cylindrica

Scolymia wellsi

Seriatopora caliendrum

Seriatopora hystrix

Siderastrea radians

Siderastrea siderea

Siderastrea stellata

Solenosmilia variabilis

Stephanocoenia intersepta

Stylaraea punctata

Stylophora pistillata

Symphyllia radians

Symphyllia recta

Tubastraea diaphana

Tubastraea faulkneri

Turbinaria bifrons

Turbinaria frondens

Turbinaria mesenterina

Turbinaria radicalis

Turbinaria reniformis