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 profundum

• 232269

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  membranous (sheet-like) (cat)

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Alcyonium senegalense

• 231176

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  membranous (sheet-like) (cat)

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Alcyonium siderium

• 259179

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Alcyonium sollasi

• 231186

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Alcyonium southgeorgiensis

• 231290

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Alcyonium spitzbergense

• 231196

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Alcyonium variabile

• 236210

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (capitate) (cat)

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• 234509

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (capitate) (cat)

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Alcyonium varum

• 232406

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  membranous (sheet-like) (cat)

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Alcyonium yepayek

• 232418

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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• 232419

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Aldersladum jengi

• 248136

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Aldersladum sodwanum

• 248122

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Alertigorgia hoeksemai

• 266336

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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• 232364

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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• 227282

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Alertigorgia mjobergi

• 266337

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Alertigorgia orientalis

• 266331

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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• 227281

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Alloptilella splendida

• 250895

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  feather-like (cat)

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Altumia delicata

• 267492

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  membranous (sheet-like) (cat)

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• 253574

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (stoloniferous) (cat)

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Amphiacme abyssorum

• 252228

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Amphibelemnon namibiensis

• 241042

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Anastromvos aldersladei

• 241499

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (capitate) (cat)

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