increase

Summary

clonal addition of new corallites to a corallum, resulting in colonies. New corallites are called 'offsets' in rugosan and tabulate taxonomy and often referred to as 'daughters' though polyp gender is only verifiable for Scleractinians in vivo and is not routinely female. Ontogenetic development of new corallites (astogeny) is inferred from observations of different stages preserved within coralla. The counterpart changes in the polyps are observable only in extant Scleractinia. (Increase is often referred to as 'budding' and 'asexual reproduction' in scleractinian taxonomy.) See also Cloning, Colony, Mode of increase.

Orthography

Not yet available.

Modifiers

• distomodaeal increase
• extracalicular increase
• intercalicular increase
• lateral increase
• marginal increase
• parietal increase
• parricidal increase
• perithecal increase
• septal increase
• septal and dissepimental increase
• circummural increase
• circumoral increase
• cloning increase
• completely polystomodaeal increase
• corallite division increase
• double parietal increase
• fission increase
• lateral forking increase
• longitudinal fission increase
• monostomodaeal increase
• non-parricidal increase
• parietal increase
• partly polystomodaeal increase
• pocket budding increase
• polystomodaeal increase
• taschenknospung increase
• terminal forking increase
• transverse division increase
• tristomodaeal increase

Description

Not yet available.

This version was contributed by Ken Johnson on 22-Apr-2008 14:35.