Descriptor : Type of modularity
Descriptor type : categorical
Modular: Primitive colony. Skeleton formed by several cups resulted of subdivisions.
Type of modularity
- Branching by interparietal budding
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Interparietal budding: Type of asexual reproduction, bud in intervallum.
Intervallum: Space enclosed between the walls.
Branching by interparietal budding
- Branching by external budding
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External budding: Type of asexual reproduction, bud on outer wall of parent cup.
Outer wall: External part of the skeleton, composed by a porous carcass, simple or coated by an additional sheath.
Branching by external budding
- Branching by longitudinal subdivisions
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Longitudinal subdivisions: Type of asexual reproduction, bud in intervallum generated by complete longitudinal subdivision.
Intervallum: Space enclosed between the walls.
Branching by longitudinal subdivisions
- Massive pseudocolony
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Massive pseudocolony: Modular organization in which no individual cup can be seen and generated by contiguous addition of new aquiferous units.
Massive pseudocolony
- Catenulate
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Catenulate: Chainlike modular organization consisting of individuals united laterally generated by incomplete longitudinal subdivision.
Catenulate
