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

Sclerophytum flaccidum

• 232676

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Sclerophytum flexibile

• 231209

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Sclerophytum foliatum

• 232680

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Sclerophytum fungoides

• 232720

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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• 259670

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Sclerophytum gaveshaniae

• 232721

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum gaweli

• 232722

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum gibberosum

• 234183

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum gravis

• 231244

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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• 232723

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum heterospiculatum

• 232724

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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• 247917

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Sclerophytum hirtum

• 232725

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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• 234188

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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• 231216

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Sclerophytum humesi

• 259681

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum humile

• 232684

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum kotanianense

• 232357

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum lamellatum

• 236172

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (plate-like) (cat)

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Sclerophytum larsonae

• 232695

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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• 240830

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Sclerophytum leptoclados

• 249059

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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• 234876

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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• 234875

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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• 254404

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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