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

Calyptrophora gerdae

• 245693

  3 trait measurements

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• 245692

  Polyp height

  1.50 (mm)

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Calyptrophora microdentata

• 246649

  Polyp height

  1.58 (mm)

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• 246650

  2 trait measurements

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• 246648

  3 trait measurements

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Calyptrophora reedi

• 245060

  Colony height

  20 (cm)

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• 245062

  Polyp height

  2.30 (mm)

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• 245068

  2 trait measurements

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• 245061

  2 trait measurements

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Calyptrophora trilepis

• 238831

  Branching architecture

  dichotomous (cat)

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• 238832

  2 trait measurements

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• 238836

  Marine province

  Tropical Northwestern Atlantic (cat)

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• 238834

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 238830

  Branching architecture

  irregular (cat)

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• 238835

  Marine realm

  Tropical Atlantic (cat)

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Canarya canariensis

• 232200

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

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• 232201

  Marine realm

  Temperate Northern Atlantic (cat)

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• 232202

  Marine province

  Lusitanian (cat)

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• 232203

  4 trait measurements

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• 232204

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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Candidella helminthophora

• 209268

  2 trait measurements

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Candidella imbricata

• 209265

  2 trait measurements

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• 243396

  2 trait measurements

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• 243394

  3 trait measurements

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• 238715

  4 trait measurements

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