Octocorallia | 
Malacalcyonacea | 
Clavulariidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range				
				
					पारिस्थितिकी				
				
			
			
				प्रवाल-भित्ति संयुक्त;  गहराई सीमा 0 - 55 m (संदर्भ 109199).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific:  South America.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age
			
			
				परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Forms erect, branching colonies with flexible stems.  Polyps have eight white frilly tentacles, hence the name  snowflake coral.					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Shallow water octocoral (Ref. 808), usually in turbid coastal areas (Ref. 1010998).  On bay and nearshore (Ref. 109199).  At depths of 1.5 to 8 m on coral reefs and rocky bottoms (Ref. 83916).   Occurs on shaded clear waters where currents are strong (Ref. 101098).  Common in the fouling community of harbors, on piers or wrecks (Ref. 415, 101098) which are not exposed to sunlight (Ref. 415)				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | 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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés 2005 Photographic identification guide to some common marine invertebrates of Bocas Del Toro, Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science. 41(3):638-707. (संदर्भ 415)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (संदर्भ 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				CMS (संदर्भ 116361)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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					 Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
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बहुतायत
  Life cycleपुनरुत्पत्तिपरिपक्व अवधिFecundityमछलीऔ का अंडे देनाEggsEgg developmentLarvae   PhysiologyOxygen consumption
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
				इंटरनेट स्रोत
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 8.6 - 29, mean 26.1 (based on 2468 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.