Species Identification within the Zooxanthellate coral family Faviidae

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Series Length

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short (<3cm)
medium (2-5cm)
long (>5cm)

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Meander series sinuosity

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straight
gently curved
sinuous

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Colony size

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small (<10cm)
medium (10-30cm)
large (>30cm)

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Attachment of skeleton

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free-living
attached

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Branch distance

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1-3mm
3-5mm

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Epitheca

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absent
reduced
well-developed

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Wall development between buds

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always
most
few
never

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Symmetry of bud geometry

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uni-directional
bi-directional
multi-directional

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Calice or valley width

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

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Calice relief

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low (<2mm)
medium (2-4mm)
high (4-10mm)
very high (>10mm)

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Calicular platform shape

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v-shaped
u-shaped

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Coenosteum

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absent
fused walls
narrow (< valley width)
medium (= valley width)
wide (> valley width)

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Exothecal dissepiments

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absent
present

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Number of septal cycles

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3
>3
<4
>4

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Septal spacing (per 5mm)

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<6
6-12
>12

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Relative septa thickness

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equal
unequal

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Relative costae thickness

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equal
unequal

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Continuity of costae

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discontinuous
continuous

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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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Columella continuity

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continuous
discontinuous

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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

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Double or single wall

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single
double

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