Porcupinella tasmanica

ID: 5425

Family molecules: Chunellidae

Family morphology:

Class: Octocorallia

Aphia ID: 1485371 (WoRMS)

Added by: Daniel Gomez Gras

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Traits

Biomechanical

511

Calcareous sclerites presence

1.00 (bin)

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632

Skeletal rigidity

semi-rigid (cat)

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561

Type of skeleton

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

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Ecological

579

Depth zone

deep (cat)

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584

Feeding mechanism

suspension feeder (cat)

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629

Light zone

aphotic (cat)

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568

Type locality depth

4126.50 (m)

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Geographical

564

Climate zone

temperate (cat)

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578

Marine province

Southeast Australian Shelf (cat)

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577

Marine realm

Temperate Australasia (cat)

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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

46 (mm)

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206

Growth form

unbranched erect (with terminal polyps) (cat)

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576

Growth form (basic octocorallia)

erect unbranched (capitate) (cat)

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628

Growth form (detailed octocorallia)

erect unbranched (with umbellate cluster of polyps) (cat)

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571

Number of tentacles per polyp

8.00 (units)

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517

Polyp diameter

0.20 (mm)

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562

Polyp dimorphism

1.00 (bin)

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572

Polyp retractability

1.00 (bin)

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627

Type of growth

erect unbranched (cat)

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Physiological

41

Zooxanthellate

azooxanthellate (cat)

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