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

Callistephanus koreni

• 238921

  4 trait measurements

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Callistephanus pacificus

• 242190

  3 trait measurements

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Callistephanus pallida

• 220466

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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• 220463

  2 trait measurements

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• 220464

  Colony height

  135.00 (mm)

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Callistephanus rosea

• 238909

  4 trait measurements

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• 238910

  Branching architecture

  irregular dichotomous (cat)

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Callistephanus simplex

• 242209

  Polyp height

  1 (mm)

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• 242205

  3 trait measurements

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Callistephanus spauldingi

• 242221

  Polyp diameter

  1 (mm)

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Callogorgia americana

• 242937

  Polyp height

  1.40 (mm)

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• 242927

  4 trait measurements

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• 242928

  Branching architecture

  alternately pinnate (cat)

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• 244365

  3 trait measurements

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• 242934

  Colony height

  1 (m)

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Callogorgia compressa

• 200781

  Growth rate

  15.00 (mm yr^-1)

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• 209252

  2 trait measurements

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Callogorgia delta

• 242940

  Branching architecture

  alternately pinnate (cat)

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• 242946

  Colony height

  0.5 (m)

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• 242939

  4 trait measurements

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Callogorgia elegans

• 209241

  2 trait measurements

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• 209243

  4 trait measurements

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Callogorgia europaea

• 248103

  2 trait measurements

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• 248101

  2 trait measurements

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Callogorgia euthyeia

• 259896

  2 trait measurements

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