We have had success in collecting larvae from the octocoral, B. asbestinum. The larvae of this soft coral are brooded on the surface of the colony where divers can easily collect them using a syringe. Unlike the adult Briareum, these larvae do not have symbionts and must acquire them from the environment once they have metamorphosed into polyps.
The developing larvae are reared in the lab where they settle onto dead octocoral axis.
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