Methodology: Derived from textual description

ID: 22

Description:

Typically a group opinion that has been derived from text about a coral colony or species.

Used for traits:

• Axis presence
• Calcareous sclerites presence
• Larval swimming speed
• Main non-scleritic skeletal component
• Substrate attachment
• Type of skeleton
• IUCN Red List category
• Polyp type
• Water temperature
• Abundance GBR
• Abundance world
• Colony contractability
• Depth lower
• Depth upper
• Depth zone
• Light zone
• Type locality depth
• Water clarity preference
• Wave exposure preference
• Climate zone
• Marine province
• Marine realm
• Branch diameter
• Branching architecture
• Calyx height
• Calyx width
• Coloniality
• Colony height
• Colony maximum diameter
• Colony width
• Coordination of polyps
• Corallite width maximum
• Corallite width minimum
• Growth form
• Growth form (basic octocorallia)
• Growth form (detailed octocorallia)
• Growth outline type
• Number of pinnules per tentacle
• Polyp density
• Polyp diameter
• Polyp dimorphism
• Polyp height
• Polyp retractability
• Polyps per polyp leaf
• Rachis length
• Tentacle length
• Trunk diameter
• Type of growth
• Genus fossil age
• Genus fossil stage
• Growth rate
• Longevity
• Symbiodinium clade
• Tissue thickness
• Zooxanthellate
• Age at maturity
• Asexual reproduction mode
• 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
• Spawning date

Added by: Joshua Madin

Observations using this methodology

Acanthogorgia tenera

• 209846

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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Acanthogorgia thomsoni

• 209847

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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Acanthogorgia tori

• 209848

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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Acanthogorgia turgida

• 209849

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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Acanthogorgia vegae

• 209850

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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• 209375

  2 trait measurements

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• 209376

  Depth lower

  130 (m)

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• 209374

  2 trait measurements

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• 209377

  2 trait measurements

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Acanthogorgia wireni

• 209851

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core (unmineralized) (cat)

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Acanthoisis dhondtae

• 233761

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 250651

  Depth zone

  moderately deep (cat)

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• 233759

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 233760

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Acanthomuricea mberea

• 233561

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 233559

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 233560

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Acanthomuricea uimea

• 233563

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 233564

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 233565

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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Acanthoprimnoa goesi

• 238702

  Polyp height

  1 (mm)

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• 238701

  Type locality depth

  275.00 (fm)

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• 238698

  Colony height

  10 (cm)

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• 238696

  Marine realm

  Tropical Atlantic (cat)

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• 238697

  Marine province

  Tropical Northwestern Atlantic (cat)

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