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 sublime

• 232698

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum terspilli

• 259704

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum tessieri

• 234083

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum tortum

• 233817

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum tumulosum

• 232702

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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• 236738

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum ultimum

• 232706

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum uniforme

• 232710

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum uvum

• 233825

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum vanderlandi

• 231374

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Sclerophytum verrucum

• 232714

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum verseveldti

• 234880

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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• 231237

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Sclerophytum vrijmoethi

• 257002

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (columnar) (cat)

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• 259692

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Sclerophytum wanannense

• 234391

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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• 236741

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  encrusting (cat)

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Sclerophytum woodyense

• 232498

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Scleroptilum gracile

• 252152

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Scleroptilum grandiflorum

• 252153

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 239498

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Scopaegorgia liouvillei

• 245247

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Scytaliopsis djiboutiensis

• 252937

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  feather-like (cat)

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Scytalium balssii

• 252751

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  feather-like (cat)

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Scytalium herklotsi

• 252752

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  feather-like (cat)

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