Sexual
Sexual reproduction is a relatively new topic in coral aquaculture. Producing scleractinian corals sexually is much
more complex compared with asexual propagation. In the
past years, different methods have been developed to produce and culture larvae, control settlement and raise juveniles of a limited number of species. To apply sexual
reproduction in coral aquaculture, it is essential to know
the reproductive biology of the particular species of interest, because there is a great diversity in sexual coral reproduction modalities.
Corals can be classified as either gonochoric or hermaphroditic, with the latter one being usually simultaneous,