Definição: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
Definição: growth that is not terminated, in contrast to determinate growth that stops once a genetically pre-determined structure has completely formed
Definição: Living in the fluid medium (water or air) but unable to maintain their position or distribution independently of the movement of the water/air mass (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).
Definição: (equivalent to ‘bottlebrush’) describes branching where sub-branches radiate in all directions from main branches and where corallites on sub-branches are generally elongate. Applied only to the genus Acropora
Definição: Capable of the biological process in which new individuals are produced by either a single cell or a group of cells, in the absence of any sexual process.
Definição: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
