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

Anthomuricea antillarum

• 238580

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Anthomuricea argentea

• 278728

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Anthomuricea brunnea

• 278729

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Anthomuricea divergens

• 278730

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Anthomuricea reticulata

• 278731

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Anthomuricea sanguinea

• 278732

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Anthomuricea simplex

• 278733

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Anthomuricea tenuispina

• 278734

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Anthomuricea timorensis

• 278735

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Anthoplexaura dimorpha

• 275939

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Anthoptilum decipiens

• 252435

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 239729

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  feather-like (cat)

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Anthoptilum gowlettholmesae

• 245713

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  feather-like (cat)

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• 239730

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  feather-like (cat)

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• 252436

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Anthoptilum grandiflorum

• 252433

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 241058

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Anthoptilum lithophilum

• 245701

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  feather-like (cat)

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• 239731

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  feather-like (cat)

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• 252437

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Anthoptilum malayense

• 252438

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 239732

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  feather-like (cat)

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Anthoptilum murrayi

• 252434

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 239728

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  feather-like (cat)

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Anthothela aldersladei

• 209460

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect branched (tangled) (cat)

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