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

Cladopsammia willeyi

• 23418

  Water clarity preference

  clear (cat)

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• 23417

  Wave exposure preference

  broad (cat)

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• 23414

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Clavularia arctica

• 206203

  4 trait measurements

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Clavularia carpediem

• 206201

  4 trait measurements

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Clavularia crassa

• 206198

  Spawning date

  9/8/84 (date)

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• 206199

  Spawning date

  5/8/86 (date)

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• 206200

  Spawning date

  16/07/86 (date)

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• 206195

  Mode of larval development

  external brooder (cat)

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• 206197

  Reproductive period

  July to August (month)

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Clavularia frankliniana

• 256563

  Colony height

  2 (cm)

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• 256564

  Polyp height

  2 (cm)

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• 256565

  4 trait measurements

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Clavularia inflata

• 206302

  Reproductive period

  October to November (month)

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Clavularia koellikeri

• 298710

  Polyp diameter

  30 (mm)

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• 249858

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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Clavularia margaritiferae

• 234425

  2 trait measurements

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Clavularia marioni

• 206202

  4 trait measurements

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Clavularia modesta

• 237945

  2 trait measurements

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• 237946

  2 trait measurements

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• 237947

  Depth lower

  1267 (m)

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• 237949

  Climate zone

  polar (cat)

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• 237950

  Marine realm

  Arctic (cat)

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• 237953

  Marine realm

  Temperate Northern Atlantic (cat)

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• 237952

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

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