Patterns of morphological integration in marine modular organisms: supra-module organization in branching octocoral colonies

Despite the relative simplicity of their modular growth, marine invertebrates such as arborescent gorgonian octocorals (Octocorallia: Cnidaria) generate complex colonial forms. Colony form in these taxa is a consequence of modular (polyp) replication, and if there is a tight integration among modula...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences Vol. 270; no. 1528; p. 2039
Main Authors:	Sánchez, Juan Armando, Lasker, Howard R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 07.10.2003
Subjects:	Animals Anthozoa - anatomy & histology Anthozoa - growth & development Biological Evolution Caribbean Region Models, Biological Morphogenesis Oceans and Seas Phylogeny Caribbean Region
ISSN:	0962-8452
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