Identification of the Zooxanthellate Coral Genera

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Colony form

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flabelloid
meandroid
phaceloid
plocoid
cerioid
subplocoid
solitary

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Centers per series

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1-3
>2
>5

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Colony shape

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branching
massive
platy

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Epitheca

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absent
reduced
well-developed

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Budding type

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intramural
extramural
none

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Calice or valley width

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very small (<1.5mm)
small (1.5-5mm)
medium (5-10mm)
large (10-15mm)
very large (>15mm)

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Costae

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well-developed

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Septal lobes

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absent
present

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Paliform lobes

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absent
present

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Pali

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absent
present

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Columella continuity

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continuous
discontinuous

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Columella structure

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trabecular
lamellar
styliform
none

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Columella width

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<=1/4
1/3
1/2

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Endothecal dissepiments

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rare
few
abundant

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Wall structure

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septothecal
parathecal
septo- and parathecal
synapticulothecal

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