Coral Trait Database | 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)

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Growth form (basic octocorallia)

Observations

Pleurocorallium thrinax

Pleurocorallium uchidai

Pleurogorgia plana

Plexaura arbuscula

Plexaura corticosa

Plexaura desiderata

Plexaura dubia

Plexaura edwardsi

Plexaura ehrenbergi

Plexaura esperi

Plexaura flexuosula

Plexaura hartmeyeri

Plexaura homomalla

Plexaura kuekenthali

Plexaura kuna

Plexaura michelini