Methodology: observation_field

ID: 19

Description:

Direct observation in the field

Used for traits:

• Colony bleached
• Colony part
• Habitat type
• Health status of the reef
• Turbidity
• Year
• Depth lower
• Depth upper
• Depth zone
• Feeding mechanism
• Light zone
• Type locality depth
• Water clarity preference
• Climate zone
• Marine province
• Marine realm
• Ocean basin
• Branching architecture
• Colony height
• Colony width
• Growth form
• Growth form (basic octocorallia)
• Growth form (detailed octocorallia)
• Polyp dimorphism
• Polyp height
• Polyp retractability
• Rachis length
• Symmetry of rachis
• Trunk diameter
• Type of growth
• Colony age
• Longevity
• Asexual reproduction mode
• Mode of larval development
• Reproductive period
• Sexual system
• Spawning date

Added by: Joshua Madin

Observations using this methodology

Melithaea squamata

• 235209

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 235208

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 230956

  Ocean basin

  Pacific (cat)

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• 235206

  2 trait measurements

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• 235210

  Marine province

  Western Coral Triangle (cat)

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Melithaea squarrosa

• 235131

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 235132

  Marine province

  Sahul shelf (cat)

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• 235130

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 235129

  Ocean basin

  Pacific (cat)

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• 235128

  2 trait measurements

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Melithaea stormii

• 235216

  Marine province

  Sunda Shelf (cat)

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• 235214

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 235213

  Ocean basin

  Pacific (cat)

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• 235212

  2 trait measurements

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• 235215

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Melithaea studeri

• 235233

  2 trait measurements

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• 235234

  4 trait measurements

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Melithaea suensoni

• 235561

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 235558

  Marine province

  Warm Temperate Northwest Pacific (cat)

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• 235556

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

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• 235554

  2 trait measurements

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• 235557

  Marine realm

  Temperate Northern Pacific (cat)

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• 235555

  Ocean basin

  Pacific (cat)

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Melithaea tanseii

• 235565

  2 trait measurements

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• 235566

  Ocean basin

  Pacific (cat)

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