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

Antillogorgia bipinnata

• 208076

  Colony height

  8.00 (in.)

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• 209923

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core containing non-scleritic carbonate hydroxylapatite (CHAp) (cat)

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• 238947

  2 trait measurements

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• 238946

  Marine province

  Tropical Northwestern Atlantic (cat)

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• 238945

  Marine realm

  Tropical Atlantic (cat)

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• 238944

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 238942

  Branching architecture

  pinnate (cat)

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• 238941

  4 trait measurements

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Antillogorgia blanquillensis

• 209954

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core containing non-scleritic carbonate hydroxylapatite (CHAp) (cat)

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Antillogorgia elisabethae

• 209911

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core containing non-scleritic carbonate hydroxylapatite (CHAp) (cat)

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• 257232

  Branch diameter

  2.00 (mm)

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• 200745

  Longevity

  40.00 (years)

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• 200746

  Age at maturity

  6.00 (years)

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• 206146

  Mode of larval development

  external brooder (cat)

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Antillogorgia hummelincki

• 209955

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core containing non-scleritic carbonate hydroxylapatite (CHAp) (cat)

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Antillogorgia hystrix

• 209939

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core containing non-scleritic carbonate hydroxylapatite (CHAp) (cat)

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Antillogorgia kallos

• 209940

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core containing non-scleritic carbonate hydroxylapatite (CHAp) (cat)

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• 207486

  Mode of larval development

  external brooder (cat)

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Antillogorgia navia

• 209956

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core containing non-scleritic carbonate hydroxylapatite (CHAp) (cat)

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Antillogorgia rigida

• 209916

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core containing non-scleritic carbonate hydroxylapatite (CHAp) (cat)

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• 295011

  Colony height

  300.00 (cm)

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Aquaumbra klapferi

• 234399

  Marine province

  Tropical East Pacific (cat)

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• 234406

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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• 234405

  Type of skeleton

  No axis, unconsolidated sclerites embedded in tissue (cat)

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• 234398

  Marine realm

  Tropical Eastern Pacific (cat)

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