Type of skeleton (Pterostenella anatole)

ID: 561

Class: Biomechanical

Description:

The type of skeleton present in a given octocoral species. Categories were selected based on McFadden et al. 2022

Standards:

• Category (cat) default

Methodologies:

• Species-specific value inherited from genus level

Editor: Cathy McFadden (contact)

Observations

Pterostenella anatole

• 263306

  Type of skeleton

  Solid (scleroproteinaceous) axis with concentrically-layered non-scleritic calcareous material (cat)

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