Type of growth

ID: 627

Class: Morphological

Description:

The type of growth of coral species in terms of the main way of space occupation and branching (i.e., erect branched, erect unbranched, massive, horizontal unbranched, horizontal branched and/or solitary/pseudo-solitary). Categories were defined by K.E., Fabricius and D. Gómez-Gras

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Editor: Katharina Fabricius (contact)

Observations

Rumphella antipathes

Rumphella suffruticosa

Rumphella torta

Sansibia claereboudti

Sansibia flava

Sarcodictyon catenatum

Sarcodictyon durum

Sarcodictyon gotoi

Sarcodictyon herdmani

Sarcodictyon incrustans

Sarcodictyon pacificum

Sarcodictyon pallidum

Sarcodictyon tropicale

Sarcophyton aalbersbergi

Sarcophyton acutum

Sarcophyton aldersladei

Sarcophyton alexanderi

Sarcophyton auritum