来自澳大利亚达尔文的季风水上运动发布了这些惊人的视频Facebook页面产卵Euphyllia paraancora。这些视频清楚地表明,在通过息肉中央嘴释放之前,在锤子形触手中积聚了鸡蛋捆。
4月27日,至少有30个不同颜色品种的殖民地开始产卵,随后于4月28日举行了第二次产卵活动。在20分钟内,200块分支锤珊瑚开始释放卵,引起珊瑚产卵的链反应。
配子释放是在温度最温暖的两天同时发生的。季风还报告说,某些单个菌落也开始释放精子,甚至还有一些菌落释放出精子和卵。
Some of these colonies were moved into holding tank to promote fertilizations, and we will see in the days to come if spawning fertilization was successful. It could be weeks before newly settled polyps are visible but this is nonetheless a very exciting observation on the spawning of branching hammer coral.