Alcyonium varum

ID: 2468

Family molecules: Alcyoniidae

Family morphology:

Class: Octocorallia

Aphia ID: 743703 (WoRMS)

Added by: Daniel Gomez Gras

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Traits

Biomechanical

583

Axis presence

0.00 (bin)

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511

Calcareous sclerites presence

observations

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632

Skeletal rigidity

soft (cat)

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561

Type of skeleton

No axis, unconsolidated sclerites embedded in tissue (cat)

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Ecological

91

Depth upper

15.00 (m)

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579

Depth zone

observations

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584

Feeding mechanism

suspension feeder (cat)

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629

Light zone

observations

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568

Type locality depth

25.00 (m)

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Geographical

564

Climate zone

observations

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578

Marine province

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577

Marine realm

observations

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40

Ocean basin

Pacific (cat)

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Morphological

104

Coloniality

colonial (cat)

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506

Colony height

1.00 (cm)

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631

Colony width

20.00 (cm)

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206

Growth form

membranous (cat)

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576

Growth form (basic octocorallia)

membranous (sheet-like) (cat)

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628

Growth form (detailed octocorallia)

membranous (sheet-like) (cat)

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571

Number of tentacles per polyp

8.00 (units)

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517

Polyp diameter

1.50 (mm)

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562

Polyp dimorphism

0.00 (bin)

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542

Polyp height

2.00 (mm)

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572

Polyp retractability

1.00 (bin)

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627

Type of growth

horizontal unbranched (cat)

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Physiological

41

Zooxanthellate

azooxanthellate (cat)

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