Calcareous sclerites presence

ID: 511

Class: Biomechanical

Description:

Whether species have calcareous sclerites or not. The presence or absence of calcareous sclerites determines some of the most important features of octocorals skeletons

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Editor: Cathy McFadden (contact)

Observations

Sarcophyton tenuispiculatum

Sarcophyton tortuosum

Sarcophyton trocheliophorum

Sarcophyton tumulosum

Sarcophyton turschi

Sarcoptilus bollonsi

Sarcoptilus grandis

Sarcoptilus nullispiculatus

Sarcoptilus rigidis

Sarcoptilus shaneparkeri

Sarcothelia edmondsoni

Scleracis guadalupensis

Scleracis petrosa

Scleranthelia microsclera