Growth form Veron

ID: 180

Class: Morphological

Description:

The growth form (morphology) of a species as derived from text descriptions in Veron (2000). Species can have more than one growth form, and therefore captures some degree of morphological plasticity.

Standards:

Values: encrusting massive submassive branching_open corymbose branching_closed tables_or_plates digitate hispidose laminar columnar encrusting_long_uprights

Methodologies:

Editor: Andrew Baird (contact)

Observations

Sandalolitha robusta

Sclerophyllia maxima

Scolymia cubensis

Siderastrea glynni

Siderastrea radians

Siderastrea savignyana

Siderastrea siderea

Siderastrea stellata

Solenastrea bournoni

Stephanocoenia intersepta

Symphyllia agaricia

Symphyllia erythraea

Symphyllia hassi

Symphyllia radians

Symphyllia recta

Trachyphyllia geoffroyi

Turbinaria stellulata

Zoopilus echinatus