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

Coelastrea aspera

Coelastrea palauensis

Colpophyllia natans

Coscinaraea columna

Coscinaraea marshae

Ctenactis crassa

Ctenactis echinata

Cycloseris distorta

Cynarina lacrymalis

Cyphastrea chalcidicum

Cyphastrea microphthalma

Cyphastrea serailia

Danafungia horrida

Danafungia scruposa

Dendrogyra cylindrus

Dichocoenia stokesi

Diploastrea heliopora

Diploria labyrinthiformis

Dipsastraea amicorum

Dipsastraea helianthoides

Dipsastraea laxa

Dipsastraea lizardensis

Dipsastraea matthaii

Dipsastraea pallida

Dipsastraea rotumana