Methodology: Microscopy

ID: 16

Description:

Obersvations or measurement made with a microscope

Used for traits:

• Axis presence
• Calcareous sclerites presence
• Type of skeleton
• Colony gender
• Food sources
• Calyx width
• Polyp diameter
• Polyp dimorphism
• Polyp height
• Polyp retractability
• Zooxanthellate
• Age at maturity
• Asexual reproduction mode
• Colony fecundity
• Eggs per area
• Frequency of reproduction
• Larval length
• Larval width
• Mode of larval development
• Oocyte size at maturity
• Oogenic cycle duration
• Polyp fecundity
• Propagule size on release
• Reproductive period
• Sexual system
• Size at maturity
• Spermatogenic cycle duration
• Symbiodinium sp. in propagules

Added by: Joshua Madin

Observations using this methodology

Xenia lillieae

• 206779

  Sexual system

  gonochore (cat)

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• 230199

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia mayi

• 230225

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia medusoides

• 230226

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia membranacea

• 206781

  Sexual system

  gonochore (cat)

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• 230200

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  0.00 (bin)

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Xenia multipinnata

• 230227

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia multispiculata

• 230228

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia novaebritanniae

• 230201

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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• 206784

  Sexual system

  hermaphroditic (cat)

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Xenia novaecaledoniae

• 230229

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia puertogalerae

• 230230

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia quinqueserta

• 230231

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia rubens

• 230232

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia sansibariana

• 230344

  Zooxanthellate

  zooxanthellate (cat)

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Xenia schenki

• 230233

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia sexseriata

• 230234

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia spicata

• 230235

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia stellifera

• 230236

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia ternatana

• 230237

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia tripartita

• 230238

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia tumbatuana

• 230239

  Calcareous sclerites presence

  1.00 (bin)

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Xenia umbellata

• 206788

  Mode of larval development

  brooder (cat)

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• 206790

  Larval length

  2.00 (mm)

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• 206791

  Propagule size on release

  2.00 (mm)

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