Hexacorallia |
Actiniaria |
Actiniidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 1 - 10 m (Ref. 364). Subtropical
Endemic to the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 358)
Diameter of the pedal disc: 7 cm; diameter of the oral disc, without the tentacles: 12 cm maximum; 30 cm with its tentacles 96; laid out in 5 crowns around the oral siphon; and measuring approximately 8 cm; thick, they are completed in a round point. Oral disc comprising of the reasons for varied color: gray with nuances white; yellow; green or brown; also gray tentacles with nuances of white; yellow or brown; and with point violet; one the lower third of the foot; as for him, is red orange and counts 12 longitudinal bands of a tinted dirty white of yellow; partially discontinuous (Ref. 358).
Always inserted in the sandy or gravelly funds; the free foot in its substrate and the oral disc as well as the tentacles flat on the surface. Common of the small funds (Ref. 358). Sandy Funds from 1 to 10 m (Ref. 364). Known from infralittoral zones (Ref. 85338). Solitary (Ref. 2377).
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.
Göthel, H. 1992 Guide de la faune sous-marine: La Méditerranée. Invertébrés marins et poissons. Eygen Ulmer GmbH & Co. 318 p. (Ref. 358)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
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Length-frequencies
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Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 17.6 - 21.8, mean 19.2 (based on 431 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
