Growth form (basic octocorallia)

ID: 576

Class: Morphological

Description:

Growth forms of octocorals coarsely categorized by Fabricius & Gómez-Gras. This trait is a sub-classification of the Type of growth trait into broad groups depending on basic morphological features such as the presence of stem/stalk, the presence of stolons, lobes…etc.

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: Katharina Fabricius (contact)

Observations

Kophobelemnon irregulatus

• 239426

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 251809

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Kophobelemnon macrospinosum

• 239427

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 251810

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Kophobelemnon molanderi

• 251811

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 239428

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Kophobelemnon pauciflorum

• 239429

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 251812

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Kophobelemnon stelliferum

• 209131

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 241053

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 251805

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 239422

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Kotatea amicispongia

• 240887

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Kotatea aurantiaca

• 240897

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Kotatea kapotaiora

• 240909

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Kotatea kurakootingotingo

• 240920

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Kotatea lobata

• 240931

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Kotatea niwa

• 240943

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Kotatea raekura

• 240954

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Kotatea teorowai

• 240965

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Laeta waheedae

• 265923

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (stoloniferous) (cat)

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• 246539

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (stoloniferous) (cat)

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Lampophyton planiceps

• 245511

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 270780

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 236188

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (capitate) (cat)

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