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stolonifera
n. Any coral of suborder Stolonifera
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Stolonifera
Stolonifera is a coral sub-order in the order Alcyonacea, the soft corals. Members of this taxon are characterised by having separate polyps budding off an encrusting horizontal, branching stolon. The skeletons include spicules or consists of a horny external cuticle. These soft corals are found in shallow tropical and temperate seas.
Usage examples of "stolonifera".
Echeveria stolonifera, circumnutation of leaf, 237 Echinocactus viridescens, its rudimentary cotyledons, 97 Echinocystis lobata, movements of tendrils, 266 --, apogeotropism of tendrils, 510 Elfving, F.