Victorgorgia flabellata

ID: 5251

Family molecules: Victorgorgiidae

Family morphology:

Class: Octocorallia

Aphia ID: 1460017 (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

semi-rigid (cat)

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561

Type of skeleton

Axial-like layer (i.e., unconsolidated axis) formed by sclerites, with coenenchyme subdivided into medulla and cortex (cat)

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Ecological

579

Depth zone

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584

Feeding mechanism

suspension feeder (cat)

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629

Light zone

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568

Type locality depth

1408.00 (m)

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Geographical

564

Climate zone

tropical (cat)

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578

Marine province

Tropical Northwestern Pacific (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

567

Branch diameter

12.20 (mm)

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560

Branching architecture

dichotomous (cat)

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558

Calyx height

2.75 (mm)

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565

Calyx width

4.00 (mm)

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104

Coloniality

colonial (cat)

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506

Colony height

313 (mm)

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631

Colony width

342 (mm)

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590

Coordination of polyps

clumps (cat)

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206

Growth form

flabellate (cat)

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576

Growth form (basic octocorallia)

arborescent (cat)

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628

Growth form (detailed octocorallia)

branched planar (cat)

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571

Number of tentacles per polyp

8.00 (units)

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517

Polyp diameter

3.00 (mm)

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562

Polyp dimorphism

0.00 (bin)

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542

Polyp height

3.5 (mm)

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572

Polyp retractability

observations

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587

Polyps per whorl

6.50 (units)

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513

Trunk diameter

22.5 (mm)

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627

Type of growth

erect branched (cat)

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Physiological

41

Zooxanthellate

azooxanthellate (cat)

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