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Colony: often encrusting, becoming submassive. Corallites: angular, with a uniform appearance. Usually thin walls. Strongly alternating long and short septa. Well developed paliform lobes, forming a neat crown. Color: uniform pale brown or greenish-brown (Ref. 848).
Occurs in shallow reef environments (Ref. 848). On back and foreslope, outer reef channel and lagoons (Ref. 98471).
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.