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

Dendronephthya filigrana

• 233263

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 233265

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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Dendronephthya flammea

• 233269

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 233268

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 233267

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Dendronephthya gigantea

• 233273

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 209301

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 233271

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 206615

  2 trait measurements

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• 233272

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 209304

  Polyp height

  1.00 (mm)

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• 209303

  2 trait measurements

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• 209305

  2 trait measurements

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• 209302

  Marine province

  South China Sea (cat)

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Dendronephthya golgotha

• 233275

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 233276

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 233277

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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Dendronephthya hemprichi

• 200998

  5 trait measurements

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• 200999

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Dendronephthya hirsuta

• 233280

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 233281

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 233279

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Dendronephthya klunzingeri

• 249085

  Polyp dimorphism

  0.00 (bin)

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• 249086

  Polyp retractability

  0.00 (bin)

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Dendronephthya koellikeri

• 233283

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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