Growth form

ID: 206

Class: Morphological

Description:

The growth form of a coral colony measured in the field or during an experiment. The range of growth form categories is not constrained (i.e., growth forms should be named as they were in the original resource or dataset), and therefore the number of categories will become large.

Standards:

• Category (cat) default

Methodologies:

• Derived from photographs of live colonies
• Derived from photographs of specimens
• Derived from textual description
• Examination of collected specimens
• Extracted from data table
• Extracted from tabular key
• Identification key
• Image analysis
• inferred
• observation_field
• Species-specific value inherited from family level
• Species-specific value inherited from genus level
• Textual description in identification guide
• Trait value coded using a compilation of data from previous works
• Trait value derived from DORIS online identification guide, based on expert opinions
• Trait value derived from Fabricius and Alderslade (2001)
• Trait value derived from Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2016) online identification guide

Editor: Joshua Madin (contact)

Observations

Inconstantia exigua

• 266182

  Growth form

  encrusting (membranous and stoloniferous) (cat)

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• 234433

  Growth form

  polyps embedded in membrane (cat)

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Inconstantia pannucea

• 266183

  Growth form

  encrusting (stoloniferous) (cat)

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• 234446

  Growth form

  polyps embedded in membrane (cat)

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Inconstantia procera

• 266184

  Growth form

  encrusting (ribbon-like stolons) (cat)

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• 234459

  Growth form

  encrusting (stoloniferous) (cat)

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Incrustatus comauensis

• 232336

  Growth form

  membranous (cat)

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• 232325

  Growth form

  encrusting (stoloniferous) (cat)

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• 266185

  Growth form

  encrusting (membranous and stoloniferous) (cat)

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Incrustatus niarchosi

• 266186

  Growth form

  encrusting (membranous and stoloniferous) (cat)

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• 234501

  Growth form

  encrusting (membranous) (cat)

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• 232326

  Growth form

  encrusting (stoloniferous) (cat)

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Iridogorgia densispiralis

• 246291

  Growth form

  bushy (cat)

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Iridogorgia flexilis

• 246280

  Growth form

  branches on top only (cat)

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Iridogorgia fontinalis

• 253622

  Growth form

  axis monopodial, spiraling upward, with undivided branches emanating from one side of axis (cat)

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Iridogorgia magnispiralis

• 253598

  Growth form

  axis monopodial, spiraling upward, with undivided branches emanating from one side of axis (cat)

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• 246313

  Growth form

  branched in apical part only (cat)

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• 259053

  Growth form

  monopodial (cat)

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Iridogorgia pourtalesii

• 253587

  Growth form

  axis monopodial, spiraling upward, with undivided branches emanating from one side of axis (cat)

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• 239232

  Growth form

  upright spiral form (cat)

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Iridogorgia splendens

• 253610

  Growth form

  axis monopodial, spiraling upward, with undivided branches emanating from one side of axis (cat)

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• 259058

  Growth form

  monopodial (cat)

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Iridogorgia verrucosa

• 246302

  Growth form

  bushy (cat)

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Isidella elongata

• 244654

  Growth form

  branched planar (sparsely branched) (cat)

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• 241366

  Growth form

  branched planar (cat)

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