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

Paragorgia regalis

• 259083

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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• 209591

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Paragorgia rubra

• 253534

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Paragorgia splendens

• 209603

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Paragorgia stephencairnsi

• 209604

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Paragorgia tapachtli

• 209605

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Paragorgia wahine

• 209606

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Paragorgia whero

• 209607

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Paragorgia yutlinux

• 209608

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Paralcyonium spinulosum

• 259506

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (stoloniferous) (cat)

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Paralemnalia clavata

• 225466

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Paralemnalia digitiformis

• 225465

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Paralemnalia eburnea

• 225464

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Paralemnalia flabella

• 225467

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Paralemnalia pichoni

• 225468

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Paralemnalia thyrsoides

• 225463

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Paraminabea acronocephala

• 209333

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  massive (cat)

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Paraminabea aldersladei

• 235000

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Paraminabea arborea

• 209325

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 209330

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Paraminabea cosmarioides

• 209326

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Paraminabea goslineri

• 209332

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  massive (cat)

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Paraminabea hongkongensis

• 209320

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  massive (cat)

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Paraminabea indica

• 209331

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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• 209327

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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