Table 3 Spawning information for each coral species that was tested in the larval settlement assays in October and November 2018.
Family | Species | Spawning date | No. spawning colonies | Collection location | Spawning time | Reproductive mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acroporidae | Acropora austera | 28-Nov-18 | 5 | Davies and Backnumbers reefs | 19:58 | Hermaphroditic |
Acropora longicyathus | 31-Oct-18 | 6 | Palm Islands | 19:05 | Hermaphroditic | |
Acropora loripes | 28-Nov-18 | 6 | Davies reef, but captive for years at AIMS | 19:40 | Hermaphroditic | |
Acropora micropthalma | 28-Nov-18 | 3 | Davies and Backnumbers reefs | 20:26 | Hermaphroditic | |
Acropora millepora | 28-Oct-18 | 7 | Palm Islands | 20:40 | Hermaphroditic | |
1-Dec-18 | 7 | Davies and Backnumbers reefs | 21:10 | Hermaphroditic | ||
Acropora muricata | 27-Nov-18 | 5 | Davies and Backnumbers reefs | 21:16–21:40 | Hermaphroditic | |
Acropora tenuis | 28-Nov-18 | 7 | Davies and Backnumbers reefs | 19:25 | Hermaphroditic | |
Montipora aequituberculata | 31-Oct-18 | 4 | Palm Islands | 20:00 | Hermaphroditic | |
Diploastreidae | Diploastrea heliopora | 27-Nov-18 | 5 (3 ♂, 2 ♀) | Davies and Backnumbers reefs | 22:55–23:15 | Gonochoric |
Merulinidae | Goniastrea retiformis | 29-Oct-18 | 9 | Palm Islands | 20:50 | Hermaphroditic |
27-Nov-18 | 5 | Davies and Backnumbers reefs | 20:35 | Hermaphroditic | ||
Mycedium elephantotus | 28-Nov-18 | 4 | Davies and Backnumbers reefs | 21:06 | Hermaphroditic | |
Platygyra daedalea | 28-Oct-18 | 13 | Palm Islands | 18:45 | Hermaphroditic | |
Dipsastraea matthaii [Formerly Favia] | 28-Nov-18 | 3 | Davies and Backnumbers reefs | 21:20 | Hermaphroditic | |
Dipsastraea pallida [Formerly Favia] | 28-Nov-18 | 3 | Davies and Backnumbers reefs | 23:35 | Hermaphroditic | |
Poritidae | Porites cylindrica | 28-Oct-18 | 2 (1 ♂, 1 ♀) | Palm Islands | 21:05 | Gonochoric |
