Reproductive Data for Porites compressa (Dana)
egg diameter | 250 um (oocyte) |
reproductive season | full moons June-August; fragmentation continuous, 5-10 fold increase May-July |
development | - |
occurrence | abundant |
references | C. L. Hunter in Genotypic Diversity and Population Structure of the Hawaiin Reef Coral, Porites compressa, 1988 |
Phylogenetic Information
phylum | Cnidaria |
class | Anthozoa (subclass Hexocorallia) |
order | Scleractinia |
family | Poritidae |
genus | Porites |
species | compressa (Dana) |
reproduction method | gonochoristic; broadcast spawn; asexual via fragmentation |