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

Alertigorgia hoeksemai

• 232365

  Branching architecture

  leaf-like (cat)

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• 232362

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Alertigorgia orientalis

• 206048

  2 trait measurements

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• 206049

  2 trait measurements

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Alloptilella splendida

• 250901

  2 trait measurements

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• 250904

  5 trait measurements

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Alveopora allingi

• 14500

  Water clarity preference

  clear (cat)

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• 107854

  Coloniality

  colonial (cat)

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• 14499

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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• 14489

  IUCN Red List category

  VU (cat)

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• 14494

  Abundance world

  uncommon (cat)

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• 14475

  Zooxanthellate

  zooxanthellate (cat)

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• 132981

  Genus fossil stage

  Eocene (cat)

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• 106387

  Substrate attachment

  attached (cat)

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• 14482

  Abundance GBR

  uncommon (cat)

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• 132988

  Genus fossil age

  55.8 (mya)

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• 132982

  Genus fossil age

  54.8 (mya)

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• 132983

  Genus fossil stage

  Ypresian (cat)

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• 132984

  Genus fossil age

  54.8 (mya)

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• 132985

  Genus fossil stage

  Eocene (cat)

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• 132986

  Genus fossil age

  54.8 (mya)

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• 132987

  Genus fossil age

  65 (mya)

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Alveopora catalai

• 14566

  Water clarity preference

  both (cat)

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• 112922

  Colony maximum diameter

  500 (cm)

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• 14540

  Zooxanthellate

  zooxanthellate (cat)

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