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Reproductive Data for Antipathes grandis (Verrill)
egg diameter -
reproductive season -
development indirect, planulae
occurrence on dead coral conglomerate or calcium carbonate encrustations in waters deper than 30 meters e.g., between Lanai and Maui
references R.W. Grigg in A contribution to the Biology and Ecology of the Black Coral, Antipathes grandis in Hawaii, 1964

Phylogenetic Information
phylum Cnidaria
class Anthozoa (subclass Ceriantipatharia)
order Antipatharia
family Antipathidae
genus Antipathes
species grandis (Verrill)
reproduction method sexual; asexual budding