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

Balanophyllia europaea

Balanophyllia regia

Blastomussa wellsi

Caryophyllia ambrosiaambrosia

Caryophyllia cornuformis

Caryophyllia cyathus

Caryophyllia seguenzae

Caryophyllia smithii

Catalaphyllia jardinei

Caulastraea furcata

Cladocora caespitosa

Cladopsammia gracilis

Cladopsammia rolandi

Coelastrea aspera

Coelastrea palauensis

Colpophyllia natans

Coscinaraea columna

Coscinaraea marshae

Ctenactis crassa

Ctenactis echinata

Cycloseris distorta

Cynarina lacrymalis

Cyphastrea chalcidicum

Cyphastrea microphthalma

Cyphastrea ocellina