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

Parasphaerasclera kimberleyensis

• 234921

  4 trait measurements

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• 234923

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 234924

  Polyp dimorphism

  0.00 (bin)

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Parasphaerasclera morifera

• 236390

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

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• 236392

  Marine province

  Agulhas (cat)

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• 236391

  Marine realm

  Temperate Southern Africa (cat)

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• 236389

  Ocean basin

  Pacific (cat)

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Parasphaerasclera nezdoliyi

• 234579

  Ocean basin

  Pacific (cat)

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Parasphaerasclera rotifera

• 236394

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

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• 236393

  Ocean basin

  Pacific (cat)

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• 236395

  Marine realm

  Temperate Southern Africa (cat)

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• 236396

  Marine province

  Agulhas (cat)

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Parasphaerasclera valdiviae

• 236397

  Ocean basin

  Pacific (cat)

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• 236400

  Marine province

  Agulhas (cat)

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• 236398

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

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• 236399

  Marine realm

  Temperate Southern Africa (cat)

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Parastenella atlantica

• 243810

  Marine realm

  Temperate Northern Atlantic (cat)

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• 243811

  Marine province

  Cold Temperate Northwest Atlantic (cat)

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• 243808

  Ocean basin

  Atlantic (cat)

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• 243809

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

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Parastenella bayeri

• 259910

  Ocean basin

  Pacific (cat)

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• 259913

  Marine province

  Hawaii (cat)

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• 259915

  2 trait measurements

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• 259911

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 259912

  Marine realm

  Eastern Indo-Pacific (cat)

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