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Spawning 2009 2009	Full moon on:		Days after full moon
			3	4	5	6	7	8	9
A= first spawning (Sept)	4-Sep		7-Sep	8-Sep	9-Sep	10-Sep	11-Sep	12-Sep	13-Sep
B= second spawning (Oct)	4-Oct		7-Oct	8-Oct	9-Oct	10-Oct	11-Oct	12-Oct	13-Oct
1. Scleractinia	Stony corals	Spawning cycle	Predicted spawning times
1.1 Acropora palmata	Elkhorn Coral	A	?*	21.15-21.45	21.15-21.45	?*
1.2 Acropora cervicornis	Staghorn Coral	A		?*	21.00-22.00	21.00-22.00	?*
1.3 Diploria spp.	Brain corals	A				?*	22.45-01.00	?*
1.4 Montastrea cavernosa	Large-cup Star Coral	AB		?*	22.00-23.00	22.00-23.00	?*
1.5 Montastrea annularis complex	Mountainous/Boulder Star Corals	AB			?*	21.45-23.00	21.45-23.00	?*
1.6 Eusmilia fastigiata	Flower Coral	AB			?*	21.15-00.00	21.15-00.00	21.15-00.00	21.15-00.00
1.7 Madracis senaria	Ten-ray Star Coral	AB	all night	all night	all night	all night	all night	all night	all night
1.8 Agaricia humilis/A. agaricites	Lettuce Coral	AB	all night	all night	all night	all night	all night	all night	all night
1.9 Stephanocoenia intersepta	Blushing Star Coral	AB			?*	22.00-23.00	22.00-23.00	22.00-23.00	?*
2.Echinodermata	Sea-urchins, -stars, -cucumbers
2.1 Diadema antilliarum	Black Sea-urchin	AB				12:00 till around 18:00, every afternoon
2.2 Holothuria mexicana	Donkeydung Sea Cucumber	AB				12:00 till around 18:00, every afternoon
2.3 Ophiuroidea	Brittle stars/serpent stars	AB				19.30-23.00, every night
3. Gorgonacea	Gorgonians
3.1 Plexaura	Sea Rods	AB	around 19.00, every day
4. Annelida	Worms
4.1 Hermodice carunculata	Fire Worm	AB	12.00 till around 19.00, every afternoon
4.2 Spirobranchus giganteus	Christmas Tree Worm	AB	22.00-23.00
5. Spongia	Sponges
5.1 Neofibularia nolitangere	Do-not-touch-me Sponge	AB	14.00-17.00	14.00-17.00	14.00-17.00	?*
* Question marks indicate there may or may not be spawning on that night, unpredictable
Note that the times listed in this table are predictions based on last year's observations. They do not guarantee that spawning occurs during this times.
To increase the likelihood of observing corals spawning, make multiple dives, dive in a place with high coral cover, do not dive deeper than 50ft to maximize bottom time and use a moderately bright dive light.
Please report all spawning observations (i.e. species, time and general observations) to Mark Vermeij (m.vermeij@carmabi.org)

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