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

Agaricia agaricites

Agaricia fragilis

Agaricia humilis

Agaricia tenuifolia

Alveopora daedalea

Alveopora japonica

Astroides calycularis

Balanophyllia elegans

Balanophyllia europaea

Balanophyllia regia

Caryophyllia cyathus

Cladopsammia gracilis

Cladopsammia rolandi

Cyphastrea ocellina

Euphyllia glabrescens

Favia fragum

Favia gravida

Flabellum curvatum

Flabellum impensum

Flabellum thouarsii

Galaxea horrescens

Isophyllia sinuosa

Isopora brueggemanni

Isopora cuneata

Isopora palifera