Reproductive Data for Porites compressa (Dana)

egg diameter	250 um (oocyte)
reproductive season	full moons June-August; fragmentation continuous, 5-10 fold increase May-July
development	-
occurrence	abundant
references	C. L. Hunter in Genotypic Diversity and Population Structure of the Hawaiin Reef Coral, Porites compressa, 1988

Phylogenetic Information

phylum	Cnidaria
class	Anthozoa (subclass Hexocorallia)
order	Scleractinia
family	Poritidae
genus	Porites
species	compressa (Dana)
reproduction method	gonochoristic; broadcast spawn; asexual via fragmentation