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

Caryophyllia profunda

• 21934

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia quadragenaria

• 21964

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia quangdongensis

• 21994

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia ralphae

• 22018

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia rugosa

• 22048

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia sarsiae

• 22078

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia scillaemorpha

• 22107

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia scobinosa

• 22132

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia secta

• 22162

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia seguenzae

• 22194

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia sewelli

• 22222

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia smithii

• 22257

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia solida

• 22290

  Abundance world

  rare (cat)

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• 22287

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia spinicarens

• 22318

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia spinigera

• 22347

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia squiresi

• 22376

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia stellula

• 22401

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia transversalis

• 22431

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia unicristata

• 22459

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia valdiviae

• 22488

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia versicolorata

• 118066

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia zanzibarensis

• 22512

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Caryophyllia zopyros

• 22539

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Catalaphyllia jardinei

• 133310

  Genus fossil age

  0.01 (mya)

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