The species spawns sometime during September and October. Females lay a number of eggs varying from 80 to 250 eggs on a variety of vertical objects, including sea grasses, sponges, macrophytic algae, polychaete worm tubes, and stalked ascidians.
The species emerges during the late summer or early fall sometime between September and October. Female individuals lay a range of egg quantities from 80 to 250 eggs on various vertical surfaces such as sea grasses, sponges, macrophytic algae, polychaete worm tubes, and stalked ascidians.