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

Chromonephthea intermedia

• 230765

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 230766

  Marine province

  Sahul Shelf (cat)

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• 230933

  Type of skeleton

  No axis, unconsolidated sclerites embedded in tissue (cat)

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• 230768

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Chromonephthea levis

• 230772

  Marine realm

  Temperate australasia (cat)

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• 230773

  Marine province

  West Central Australian Shelf (cat)

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• 230775

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

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• 230776

  Type locality depth

  5.50 (m)

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• 230934

  Type of skeleton

  No axis, unconsolidated sclerites embedded in tissue (cat)

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Chromonephthea megasclera

• 230779

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 230935

  Type of skeleton

  No axis, unconsolidated sclerites embedded in tissue (cat)

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• 230783

  Type locality depth

  50.00 (m)

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• 230780

  Marine province

  Northwest Australian Shelf (cat)

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• 230782

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Chromonephthea minor

• 230789

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 230790

  Type locality depth

  16.50 (m)

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• 230936

  Type of skeleton

  No axis, unconsolidated sclerites embedded in tissue (cat)

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• 230786

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 230787

  Marine province

  Western Coral Triangle (cat)

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Chromonephthea muironensis

• 230793

  Marine realm

  Temperate australasia (cat)

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• 230794

  Marine province

  West Central Australian Shelf (cat)

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• 230796

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

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• 230937

  Type of skeleton

  No axis, unconsolidated sclerites embedded in tissue (cat)

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• 230797

  Type locality depth

  8.50 (m)

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Chromonephthea obscura

• 230804

  Type locality depth

  55.00 (m)

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