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

Montipora digitata

Montipora dilatata

Montipora efflorescens

Montipora flabellata

Montipora foliosa

Montipora foveolata

Montipora grisea

Montipora hispida

Montipora hoffmeisteri

Montipora informis

Montipora malampaya

Montipora mollis

Montipora monasteriata

Montipora patula

Montipora peltiformis

Montipora samarensis

Montipora spumosa

Montipora stellata

Montipora tortuosa

Montipora tuberculosa

Montipora turgescens

Montipora turtlensis

Montipora venosa

Montipora verrucosa

Moseleya latistellata