Spawning Alert Southern Caribbean
EcoSense
ecosense at cura.net
Tue Jul 30 21:53:15 UTC 1996
Coral reef spawning alert for the Southern Caribbean 1996
Potential spawning dates for the Southern Caribbean (Aruba, Bonaire
& Curacao):
31 August - 2 September & 29 September - 1 October 1996
14.00 - 17.30 pm: Neofibularia nolitangere - Do Not Touch Me Sponge
3 - 5 September & 2 - 4 October 1996
19.00 - 24.00 pm: Mass spawning of corals and other reef organisms
(see list below):
Species observed spawning during these periods on Curacao, Aruba and
Bonaire between 1991 and 1995:
Echinodermata:
Echinometra viridis; Eucidaris tribuloides;Ophioderma rubicundum; Ophioderma appressum
Gorgonia:
Plexaura spp., Pseudoterogorgia spp.
Polychaeta:
Spirobrancus giganteus, Anamobaea orstedii
Mollusca:
Lima scaba
Scleractinia:
Diploria clivosa, Diploria strigosa, Eusmilia fastigiata, Madracis mirabilis, Montastrea annularis complex,
Montastrea cavernosa (male & female), Siderastrea siderea (male & female), Stephanocoenia michillini Spongia:
Ircinia campana
Spawning observations in 1996 on Curacao:
Sponges (spicula identification is pending):
March 3, 1996: Aplysina archeri, 16.00 h., 3 individuals
July 14, 1996: ?Pseudoceratina crassa (Yellow variety), 14.30 h., 1
individual July 21, 1996: ?Diplastrella spp., 14.00 h., 1 individual
EcoSense <ecosense at cura.net>
Dr. Manfred L.J. van Veghel
PO Box 3187
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
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