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

Echinomuricea splendens

• 278822

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Echinomuricea uliginosa

• 278824

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Echinoptilum asperum

• 251573

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Echinoptilum echinatum

• 251574

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Echinoptilum elongatum

• 251575

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Echinoptilum macintoshi

• 251576

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Echinoptilum minimum

• 251577

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Echinoptilum roseum

• 251578

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Eknomisis dalioi

• 241434

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Elasmogorgia filiformis

• 235843

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Elbeenus lauramartinae

• 270671

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  arborescent (cat)

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Eleutherobia australiensis

• 234930

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 223114

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Eleutherobia dofleini

• 223115

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Eleutherobia duriuscula

• 223116

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Eleutherobia flava

• 223117

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Eleutherobia grandiflora

• 223118

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Eleutherobia imaharai

• 223119

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 234994

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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• 234937

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  sub-massive (lobate/digitate) (cat)

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Eleutherobia rigida

• 223120

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Eleutherobia rubra

• 223113

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 206121

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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Eleutherobia somaliensis

• 234996

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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• 223121

  Growth form (basic octocorallia)

  erect unbranched (simple) (cat)

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