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 roemeri

• 233317

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

  Show
• 233315

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

  Show
• 233316

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

  Show

Dendronephthya spinifera

• 233319

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

  Show
• 233320

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

  Show
• 233321

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

  Show

Dendronephthya studeri

• 233325

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

  Show
• 233323

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

  Show
• 233324

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

  Show

Dendronephthya tabaensis

• 244780

  2 trait measurements

  Show
• 244781

  2 trait measurements

  Show
• 244779

  4 trait measurements

  Show

Dendronephthya tixierae

• 254515

  4 trait measurements

  Show

Dendronephthya waitei

• 240852

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

  Show
• 240853

  Marine realm

  Temperate Australasia (cat)

  Show
• 240854

  Marine province

  East Central Australian Shelf (cat)

  Show
• 240856

  2 trait measurements

  Show

Dendronephthya wijsmanae

• 233329

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

  Show
• 233327

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

  Show
• 233328

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

  Show

Dendrophyllia aculeata

• 27760

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

  Show

Dendrophyllia alcocki

• 27789

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

  Show

Dendrophyllia alternata

• 27819

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

  Show

Dendrophyllia arbuscula

• 27849

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

  Show

Dendrophyllia boschmai

• 27880

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

  Show