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

Acropora vaughani

Acropora willisae

Acropora yongei

Alveopora fenestrata

Alveopora gigas

Alveopora tizardi

Alveopora verrilliana

Anacropora puertogalerae

Astrangia haimei

Astrangia lajollaensis

Astrangia poculata

Astrea curta

Astreopora gracilis

Astreopora listeri

Astreopora myriophthalma

Australogyra zelli

Australophyllia wilsoni

Blastomussa wellsi

Caryophyllia ambrosiaambrosia

Caryophyllia cornuformis

Caryophyllia seguenzae

Caryophyllia smithii

Catalaphyllia jardinei

Caulastraea furcata

Cladocora caespitosa