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Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf to Western Australia, throughout the Indo-Australian Archipelago and in the western Pacific at the islands of Melanesia and Micronesia, north to Taiwan, southern Japan and the Ryukyu Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref.
6113
); max. reported age: 11 years (Ref.
11318
)
Adults inhabit lagoons and outer reef slopes. Omnivorous. Oviparous, with elliptical eggs (Ref.
240
). Monogamous (Ref.
52884
). Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref.
205
). Eggs are demersal and adhere to the substrate (Ref.
205
). Males guard and aerate the eggs (Ref.
205
). Associated with the anemones:
Cryptodendrum adhaesivum
,
Entacmaea quadricolor
,
Heteractis aurora
,
Heteractis crispa
,
Heteractis magnifica
,
Heteractis malu
,
Macrodactyla doreensis
,
Stichodactyla gigantea
,
Stichodactyla haddoni
, and
Stichodactyla mertensii
(Ref.
5911
). Has been observed to share home anemone with individuals of
A. sandaracinos
(Ref.
90000
). Has been reared in captivity (Ref.
35418
,
35420
). Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.
Benthic spawner. Sex reversal is completed in less than 5-6 months (Ref.
34185
). Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref.
205
). Monogamous mating is observed as both obligate and social (Ref.
52884
). Eggs are demersal and adhere to the substrate (Ref.
205
). Males guard and aerate the eggs (Ref.
205
).
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201
): 25.3 - 29, mean 27.9 °C (based on 742 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02344 (0.01149 - 0.04783), b=2.99 (2.82 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 2.9 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 2.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec = 1,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
Price category (Ref.
80766
):
Unknown
.
Nutrients (Ref.
124155
): Calcium = 81.5 [41.5, 125.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.659 [0.409, 1.063] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [17.1, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.118 [0.074, 0.185] g/100g; Selenium = 28.5 [16.5, 51.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 85.3 [24.3, 288.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.51 [1.06, 2.15] mg/100g (wet weight);
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