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

Cycloseris mokai

Cycloseris sinensis

Cycloseris somervillei

Cycloseris tenuis

Cycloseris vaughani

Cycloseris wellsi

Cynarina lacrymalis

Cyphastrea agassizi

Cyphastrea chalcidicum

Cyphastrea hexasepta

Cyphastrea microphthalma

Cyphastrea ocellina

Cyphastrea serailia

Danafungia horrida

Danafungia scruposa

Dichocoenia stokesi

Diploastrea heliopora

Diploria labyrinthiformis

Dipsastraea albida

Dipsastraea amicorum

Dipsastraea danai

Dipsastraea faviaformis

Dipsastraea favus

Dipsastraea lacuna

Dipsastraea laddi