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

Alcyonium dolium

• 236208

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Alcyonium etheridgei

• 240822

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Alcyonium glaciophilum

• 232374

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 232375

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Alcyonium glomeratum

• 238022

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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• 220456

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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• 206355

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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• 212745

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Alcyonium grandis

• 232378

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  membranous (sheet-like) (cat)

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• 231277

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Alcyonium haddoni

• 232384

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 241198

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Alcyonium hibernicum

• 220460

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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• 206358

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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• 213038

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Alcyonium jorgei

• 232396

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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• 232401

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Alcyonium maristenebrosi

• 232221

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  membranous (sheet-like) (cat)

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Alcyonium megasclerum

• 232259

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  membranous (sheet-like) (cat)

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Alcyonium pacificum

• 206364

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (capitate) (cat)

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Alcyonium palmatum

• 238027

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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• 212757

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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• 259458

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Alcyonium patagonicum

• 231155

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Alcyonium paucilobulatum

• 231265

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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