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

Mycetophyllia ferox

Mycetophyllia lamarckiana

Mycetophyllia reesi

Oxypora convoluta

Oxypora crassispinosa

Oxypora glabra

Oxypora lacera

Pachyseris foliosa

Pachyseris gemmae

Pachyseris involuta

Pachyseris rugosa

Pachyseris speciosa

Pavona cactus

Pavona clavus

Pavona decussata

Pavona explanulata

Pavona frondifera

Pavona maldivensis

Pavona varians

Pectinia alcicornis

Pectinia lactuca

Pectinia maxima

Pectinia paeonia

Physophyllia ayleni

Podabacia crustacea