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.

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Editor: Katharina Fabricius (contact)

Observations

Phenganax subtilis

Phycogorgia fucata

Phyllogorgia dilatata

Pieterfaurea equicalceola

Pieterfaurea khoisaniana

Pieterfaurea lampas

Pieterfaurea sinuosa

Pieterfaurea unilobata

Pinnigorgia flava

Pinnigorgia perroteti

Pinnigorgia platystoma

Placogorgia atlantica