What is a coast and its importance - Iczmpwb.org
What is a coast and its importance - Iczmpwb.org
What is a coast and its importance - Iczmpwb.org
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TYPES OF CORAL GROWTH FORMS<br />
Digitate: Colony, which has<br />
short tapper or dome<br />
shaped thick branches with<br />
uniform height. Usually the<br />
branches produced from a<br />
common thick basal plate.<br />
Eg: Acropora monticulosa<br />
Branching: A descriptive<br />
term for a branch <strong>is</strong>, with<br />
compact radial subbranches.<br />
Eg: Acropora<br />
aspera<br />
Bottle brush: The<br />
arborescent branches have<br />
numerous <strong>and</strong> uniformly<br />
elongate radial <strong>and</strong> axial<br />
corallites, hence colony<br />
looks like a bottle brush<br />
shape Eg: Acropora<br />
subglabra<br />
Table: the colony will<br />
grow horizontal with<br />
fused <strong>and</strong> small upturned<br />
braches, forming porous<br />
or thick plates. Often<br />
they will not produce in<br />
down side. Eg: Acropora<br />
hyacinthus<br />
Corymbose: Colonies<br />
forms thin upright<br />
branches without basal<br />
plate. Eg: Acropora<br />
nasuta<br />
Sub massive: Colonies<br />
which form small<br />
columns, knobs, mounds<br />
or wedges. Eg. Stylophora<br />
p<strong>is</strong>tillata
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