Coral
Type of reproduction:
Coral reproduces sexually as well having asexual reproduction, when coral reproduces asexually it is by budding off or fragmentation, new polyps bud off to form new coral colonies, and sexually some corals produce both sperm and eggs at the same time and spawns new colonies of coral by shooting the sperm and eggs into the ocean and hoping that they will find an egg to connect to so they can form new coral.
Gender system:
Most corals are hermaphrodites as they have both male and female reproductive cells (gametes) because of this they can reproduce in more diverse ways and they have the sperm and eggs so even if there are no other corals nearby they can reproduce and create more colonies of coral.
Mode of fertilisation:
The mode of fertilisation for coral is external so the coral just spawns more coral by shooting out their sperm and eggs into the ocean and make them into new coral colonies externally by finding the other sex cell and making a new colony of coral. because the coral just shoots their sperm and eggs into the ocean it makes genetic links between different coral reefs because the sperm or eggs could have reproduced with a different reef further away.
Mating system:
the coral has no mating system they just spawn by fragmentation or from the dispersion of gametes into the ocean to make new coral colonies.
Numbers of offspring:
The reproduction of coral is r-selection because they are made by fragmentation of the coral or from budding off which produces mass numbers of new coral colonies, or they can spawn gametes into the ocean and produce large numbers of offspring as well.
Place of development and source of nutrition for embryo:
The coral is neither oviparity or viviparity they just release gametes into the ocean to fertilise externally or from fragmentation to produce new colonies.
Investigation of parental care into offspring:
the coral has no parental care at all from parents or extended families they just care for themselves.
Coral reproduces sexually as well having asexual reproduction, when coral reproduces asexually it is by budding off or fragmentation, new polyps bud off to form new coral colonies, and sexually some corals produce both sperm and eggs at the same time and spawns new colonies of coral by shooting the sperm and eggs into the ocean and hoping that they will find an egg to connect to so they can form new coral.
Gender system:
Most corals are hermaphrodites as they have both male and female reproductive cells (gametes) because of this they can reproduce in more diverse ways and they have the sperm and eggs so even if there are no other corals nearby they can reproduce and create more colonies of coral.
Mode of fertilisation:
The mode of fertilisation for coral is external so the coral just spawns more coral by shooting out their sperm and eggs into the ocean and make them into new coral colonies externally by finding the other sex cell and making a new colony of coral. because the coral just shoots their sperm and eggs into the ocean it makes genetic links between different coral reefs because the sperm or eggs could have reproduced with a different reef further away.
Mating system:
the coral has no mating system they just spawn by fragmentation or from the dispersion of gametes into the ocean to make new coral colonies.
Numbers of offspring:
The reproduction of coral is r-selection because they are made by fragmentation of the coral or from budding off which produces mass numbers of new coral colonies, or they can spawn gametes into the ocean and produce large numbers of offspring as well.
Place of development and source of nutrition for embryo:
The coral is neither oviparity or viviparity they just release gametes into the ocean to fertilise externally or from fragmentation to produce new colonies.
Investigation of parental care into offspring:
the coral has no parental care at all from parents or extended families they just care for themselves.