Traits:BodyForm

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Body Form

Body Form: Traits relating to the form, shape and structure of the species

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• [[BodyForm|Body form]]
  • [[BodyShape|Body shape]]
    • [[AnchorShaped|Anchor-shaped]]
    • [[Articulate|Articulate]]
    • [[Bivalved|Bivalved]]
    • [[BodyAccretion|Accretion]]
    • [[BodyAlgalGravel|Algal gravel]]
    • [[BullateSaccate|Bullate/Saccate]]
    • [[CapitateClubbed|Capitate/Clubbed]]
    • [[Chains|Chains]]
    • [[Clathrate|Clathrate]]
    • [[ConeHalfSphere|Cone with half sphere]]
    • [[Conical|Cone (Conical)]]
    • [[Cylindrical|Cylindrical]]
    • [[Dendroid|Dendroid]]
    • [[Digitate|Digitate]]
    • [[DoubleCone|Double cone]]
    • [[Encrusting|Encrusting]]
      • [[CrustoseHard|Crustose hard]]
      • [[CrustoseSoft|Crustose soft]]
      • [[Cushion|Cushion]]
      • [[Mat|Mat]]
    • [[Erect|Erect]]
      • [[ArborescentArbuscular|Arborescent/Arbuscular]]
      • [[Forest|Forest]]
      • [[Shrub|Shrub]]
      • [[Turf|Turf]]
    • [[FaunalBeds|Faunal beds]]
    • [[Filiform|Filiform]]
    • [[Flabellate|Flabellate]]
    • [[Flaccid|Flaccid]]
    • [[FlattenedEllipsoid|Flattened Ellipsoid]]
    • [[Foliose|Foliose]]
    • [[FunnelShaped|Funnel Shaped]]
    • [[Globose|Globose]]
    • [[HalfCone|Half cone]]
    • [[HalfConeFlattenedEllipsoid|Half cone with flattened ellipsoid]]
    • [[HalfParallelepiped|Half parallelepiped]]
    • [[HalfSphereDome|Half sphere (dome)]]
    • [[Lanceolate|Lanceolate]]
    • [[Massive|Massive]]
    • [[Medusiform|Medusiform/Medusoid]]
    • [[Monoraphidioid|Monoraphidioid]]
    • [[OvalCylinder|Oval cylinder]]
    • [[ParallelepipedRhomboid|Parallelepiped (rhomboid)]]
    • [[Penicillate|Penicillate]]
    • [[Pinnate|Pinnate]]
    • [[Pisciform|Pisciform]]
    • [[Radial|Radial]]
    • [[Reticulate|Reticulate]]
    • [[RotationalEllipsoid|Rotational ellipsoid]]
    • [[Sphere|Sphere (spherical)]]
    • [[Stacks|Stacks]]
    • [[Stellate|Stellate]]
    • [[Straplike|Straplike/Ribbonlike]]
    • [[Tadpole|Tadpole]]
    • [[Trapezoid|Trapezoid/Trapezium]]
    • [[TruncatedCone|Truncated cone]]
    • [[Turbinate|Turbinate]]
    • [[Vermiform|Vermiform]]
      • [[VermiformAnnulated|Vermiform annulated]]
      • [[VermiformSegmented|Vermiform segmented]]
      • [[VermiformUnsegmented|Vermiform Unsegmented]]
    • [[Whiplike|Whiplike]]
  • [[Flexibility|Flexibility]]
  • [[Fragility|Fragility]]
    • [[Fragile|Fragile]]
    • [[Intermediary|Intermediary]]
    • [[Robust|Robust]]
  • [[GrowthForm|Growth form (or type)]]
  • [[HeightAboveSubstratum|Height (above substratum)]]
  • [[SupportingStructuresEnclosures|Supporting Structures and Enclosures]]
    • [[Endoskeleton|Endoskeleton]]
      • [[NonSolidCement|Non-solid; cement]]
        • [[CalcareousSkeleton|Calcareous]]
          • [[AmorphousCaCO3|Amorphous CaCO3]]
          • [[Aragonite|Aragonite]]
          • [[Calcite|Calcite]]
          • [[HighMagnesiumCalcite|High Magnesium Calcite]]
          • [[MixedCalcareousMaterial|Mixed Calcareous Material]]
        • [[Organic|Organic]]
      • [[NonSolidParticlesComp|Non-solid; particles]]
        • [[CalcareousSkeleton|Calcareous]]
          • [[AmorphousCaCO3|Amorphous CaCO3]]
          • [[Aragonite|Aragonite]]
          • [[Calcite|Calcite]]
          • [[HighMagnesiumCalcite|High Magnesium Calcite]]
          • [[MixedCalcareousMaterial|Mixed Calcareous Material]]
        • [[Variable|Variable]]
      • [[Solid|Solid]]
        • [[CalcareousSkeleton|Calcareous]]
          • [[AmorphousCaCO3|Amorphous CaCO3]]
          • [[Aragonite|Aragonite]]
          • [[Calcite|Calcite]]
          • [[HighMagnesiumCalcite|High Magnesium Calcite]]
          • [[MixedCalcareousMaterial|Mixed Calcareous Material]]
        • [[Chitinous|Chitinous]]
        • [[Gorgonin|Gorgonin]]
        • [[Keratinous|Keratinous]]
        • [[Phosphatic|Phosphatic]]
        • [[Siliceous|Siliceous]]
        • [[Sponginous|Sponginous]]
    • [[Exoskeleton|Exoskeleton (including shells)]]
      • [[NonSolidCement|Non-solid; cement]]
        • [[CalcareousSkeleton|Calcareous]]
          • [[AmorphousCaCO3|Amorphous CaCO3]]
          • [[Aragonite|Aragonite]]
          • [[Calcite|Calcite]]
          • [[HighMagnesiumCalcite|High Magnesium Calcite]]
          • [[MixedCalcareousMaterial|Mixed Calcareous Material]]
        • [[Organic|Organic]]
      • [[NonSolidParticlesComp|Non-solid; particles]]
        • [[CalcareousSkeleton|Calcareous]]
          • [[AmorphousCaCO3|Amorphous CaCO3]]
          • [[Aragonite|Aragonite]]
          • [[Calcite|Calcite]]
          • [[HighMagnesiumCalcite|High Magnesium Calcite]]
          • [[MixedCalcareousMaterial|Mixed Calcareous Material]]
        • [[Variable|Variable]]
      • [[Solid|Solid]]
        • [[CalcareousSkeleton|Calcareous]]
          • [[AmorphousCaCO3|Amorphous CaCO3]]
          • [[Aragonite|Aragonite]]
          • [[Calcite|Calcite]]
          • [[HighMagnesiumCalcite|High Magnesium Calcite]]
          • [[MixedCalcareousMaterial|Mixed Calcareous Material]]
        • [[Chitinous|Chitinous]]
        • [[Gorgonin|Gorgonin]]
        • [[Keratinous|Keratinous]]
        • [[Phosphatic|Phosphatic]]
        • [[Siliceous|Siliceous]]
        • [[Sponginous|Sponginous]]
    • [[ExternalTube|External Tube]]
      • [[NonSolidCement|Non-solid; cement]]
        • [[CalcareousSkeleton|Calcareous]]
          • [[AmorphousCaCO3|Amorphous CaCO3]]
          • [[Aragonite|Aragonite]]
          • [[Calcite|Calcite]]
          • [[HighMagnesiumCalcite|High Magnesium Calcite]]
          • [[MixedCalcareousMaterial|Mixed Calcareous Material]]
        • [[Organic|Organic]]
      • [[NonSolidParticlesComp|Non-solid; particles]]
        • [[CalcareousSkeleton|Calcareous]]
          • [[AmorphousCaCO3|Amorphous CaCO3]]
          • [[Aragonite|Aragonite]]
          • [[Calcite|Calcite]]
          • [[HighMagnesiumCalcite|High Magnesium Calcite]]
          • [[MixedCalcareousMaterial|Mixed Calcareous Material]]
        • [[Variable|Variable]]
      • [[Solid|Solid]]
        • [[CalcareousSkeleton|Calcareous]]
          • [[AmorphousCaCO3|Amorphous CaCO3]]
          • [[Aragonite|Aragonite]]
          • [[Calcite|Calcite]]
          • [[HighMagnesiumCalcite|High Magnesium Calcite]]
          • [[MixedCalcareousMaterial|Mixed Calcareous Material]]
        • [[Chitinous|Chitinous]]
        • [[Gorgonin|Gorgonin]]
        • [[Keratinous|Keratinous]]
        • [[Phosphatic|Phosphatic]]
        • [[Siliceous|Siliceous]]
        • [[Sponginous|Sponginous]]
    • [[Hydrostatic|Hydrostatic skeleton]]