Millepora platyphylla   Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834

Wello fire coral

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Millepora platyphylla

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Anthoathecata | Milleporidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

Associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 3 - 6 m (Ref. 8294).  Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Indo-Pacific: West to Red Sea; north to Japan; east to Marquesas; and south to Houtman Abrolhos Islands.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 300 cm WD maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 269); common length : 200 cm WD maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 269)

Short description Morfologia

Forms large colonies, commonly 200 to 300 cm in diameter and composed of anastomosed vertical plates, which may reach 200 cm in height. In life, colonies have a characteristics light brown, color, with white growing edges. If touched, a sharp sting can be felt when coming into contact with soft skin (Ref. 269).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Forms large colonies, commonly 200 to 300 cm in diameter and composed of anastomosed vertical plates, which may reach 200 cm in height (Ref. 269). Depth based from occurrence (Ref. 8294); to be replaced with a better reference. Most common in shallow to intermediate depths (Ref. 269).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Members of the order Anthoathecata are mostly colonial A-form hydroids. Life cycle: The zygote develops into planula inside the gonophore and is later released as an actinula which metamorphoses into polyp stage.

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Ross, M.A. and G. Hodgson. 1981. (Ref. 8294)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 January 2008

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Appendix II: International trade monitored

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Strumenti

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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.5 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 3478 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.