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

Discophyton rudyi

Distichogorgia sconsa

Distichoptilum gracile

Drifa glomerata

Duva bicolor

Duva florida

Duva multiflora

Echinisis eltanin

Echinisis spicata

Echinisis vema

Echinogorgia abietina

Echinogorgia andamanensis

Echinogorgia armata

Echinogorgia aurantiaca

Echinogorgia cerea