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

Blastomussa wellsi

• 133290

  Genus fossil stage

  Miocene (cat)

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• 20287

  Water clarity preference

  turbid (cat)

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• 20269

  Abundance GBR

  uncommon (cat)

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Blastotrochus nutrix

• 20321

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Boninastrea boninensis

• 20373

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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• 20370

  Abundance world

  rare (cat)

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• 106431

  Substrate attachment

  attached (cat)

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• 20368

  IUCN Red List category

  DD (cat)

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• 20359

  Zooxanthellate

  zooxanthellate (cat)

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• 133294

  Genus fossil stage

  Recent (cat)

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• 20374

  Water clarity preference

  clear (cat)

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• 107898

  Coloniality

  colonial (cat)

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Bourneotrochus stellulatus

• 20407

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Briareum asbestinum

• 200627

  Polyp diameter

  1.00 (mm)

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• 200628

  Size at maturity

  20.00 (cm)

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• 200629

  Mode of larval development

  brooder (cat)

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• 201287

  Colony height

  61.00 (cm)

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• 206104

  2 trait measurements

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• 236793

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 206798

  2 trait measurements

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• 257122

  3 trait measurements

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• 208018

  3 trait measurements

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• 257123

  4 trait measurements

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• 256994

  Colony height

  1.00 (m)

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• 256995

  Asexual reproduction mode

  fragmentation (cat)

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