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| Sociability | Definition |
|---|---|
| Solitary | Living alone, not gregarious (Thompson 1995). |
| Gregarious | Living in groups or communities, growing in clusters (Thompson 1995). |
| Colonial | Descriptive of organisms produced asexually which remain associated with each other; in many organisms, retaining tissue contact with other polyps or zooids as a result of incomplete budding (Barnes et al. 1993). |
References:
- Barnes, R.S.K., Calow, P. and Olive P.J.W., 1993. The invertebrates: a new synthesis. Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd.
- Thompson, D., (ed.) 1995. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English. 9th ed. London: Oxford University Press.
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