Melithaea spongiosa

Biomechanical

• 583

  Axis presence

  1.00 (bin)

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• 511

  Calcareous sclerites presence

   observations

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• 632

  Skeletal rigidity

  semi-rigid (cat)

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• 561

  Type of skeleton

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Ecological

• 579

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 584

  Feeding mechanism

  suspension feeder (cat)

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• 629

  Light zone

  photic (cat)

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• 568

  Type locality depth

  13 (m)

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• 96

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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Geographical

• 564

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 578

  Marine province

  Sahul shelf (cat)

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• 577

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 40

  Ocean basin

  Pacific (cat)

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Morphological

• 104

  Coloniality

  colonial (cat)

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• 576

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

   observations

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• 571

  Number of tentacles per polyp

  8.00 (units)

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• 562

  Polyp dimorphism

   observations

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• 572

  Polyp retractability

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• 627

  Type of growth

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Physiological

• 41

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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