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Colonies are encrusting plates with nodular upgrowth. Septa are uniform in spacing and length. Blue in color.
Zooxanthellate (Refs. 116012, 121684). On rocky reef of shallow waters (Ref. 121684).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Anthozoa are either gonochoric or hermaphroditic. Mature gametes are shed into the coelenteron and spawned through the mouth. Life cycle: The zygote develops into a planktonic planula larva. Metamorphosis begins with early morphogenesis of tentacles, septa and pharynx before larval settlement on the aboral end.