Reproductive Data for Anthelia edmondsoni (Verrell)

egg diameter	-
reproductive season	continuous gametogenesis, peak ova release at waxing moon and spermary release at waning moon; possible tidal component to spermary release
development	direct
occurrence	lagoon at Magic Island
references	S. A. Davis in Some Aspects of the Biology of Anthelia Edmondsoni (Verrill), 1977

Phylogenetic Information

phylum	Cnidaria
class	Anthozoa
order	Alcyonacea
family	Xeniidae
genus	Anthelia
species	edmondsoni (Verrell)
reproduction method	dioecious; may stalk-brood; prob. external fert.