First record of a reef coral spawning event in the western South Atlantic

CARLO LEOPOLDO B. FRANCINI Museu National, Departamento de Invertebrados, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n°, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20940-040, Brazil Phone: +55 (21) 2568-1290, ext. 261 Fax: +55 (21) 2568-1290, ext. 261 E-mail: [email protected]

CLOVIS B. CASTRO Museu National, Departamento de Invertebrados, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n°, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20940-040, Brazil Phone: +55 (21) 2568-1290, ext. 261 Fax: +55 (21) 2568-1290, ext. 261 E-mail: [email protected]

DÉBORA O. PIRES Museu National, Departamento de Invertebrados, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n°, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20940-040, Brazil Phone: +55 (21) 2568-1290, ext. 261 Fax: +55 (21) 2568-1290, ext. 261 E-mail: [email protected]

Summary

The first record of coral spawning in the South Atlantic was observed among Mussismilia hispida colonies at the “Laje de Santos” (24°19′ S, 046°11′ W). Several colonies were observed spawning for about 15 min, early on the night of April 29, 2000. Some colonies did not spawn and no colonies were observed spawning later than circa 20:00 h. The report of M. hispida spawning in Santos came from the southernmost area of occurrence of this species. Data from this record are compared with those from previous studies on the reproduction of this species.

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