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

Astrogorgia fruticosa

• 229328

  Type of skeleton

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

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• 232763

  Marine province

  Somali/Arabian (cat)

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• 232762

  Marine realm

  Western Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Astrogorgia jiska

• 229329

  Type of skeleton

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

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Astrogorgia lafoa

• 233581

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 233579

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 229330

  Type of skeleton

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

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• 233580

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Astrogorgia lea

• 229331

  Type of skeleton

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

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Astrogorgia mengalia

• 233585

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 229332

  Type of skeleton

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

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• 232219

  4 trait measurements

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• 233584

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 233583

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Astrogorgia milka

• 229333

  Type of skeleton

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

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Astrogorgia ramosa

• 245954

  2 trait measurements

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• 229334

  Type of skeleton

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

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• 245952

  2 trait measurements

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• 245953

  2 trait measurements

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• 245943

  Branching architecture

  irregular (cat)

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• 245949

  3 trait measurements

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• 245950

  2 trait measurements

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• 245951

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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Astrogorgia rubra

• 229335

  Type of skeleton

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

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Astrogorgia sara

• 229336

  Type of skeleton

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

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