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

Catalaphyllia jardinei

Caulastraea connata

Caulastraea curvata

Caulastraea echinulata

Caulastraea furcata

Caulastraea tumida

Cladocora caespitosa

Coelastrea aspera

Coelastrea palauensis

Coeloseris mayeri

Colpophyllia natans

Coscinaraea columna

Coscinaraea hahazimaensis

Coscinaraea monile

Ctenactis albitentaculata

Ctenactis crassa

Ctenactis echinata

Cycloseris boschmai

Cycloseris costulata

Cycloseris curvata

Cycloseris cyclolites

Cycloseris distorta

Cycloseris explanulata

Cycloseris fragilis

Cycloseris hexagonalis