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

Denhartogia hartogi

• 232191

  Marine province

  Agulhas (cat)

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• 232192

  4 trait measurements

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Dentomuricea meteor

• 295058

  2 trait measurements

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• 207487

  2 trait measurements

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• 207488

  2 trait measurements

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Desmophyllum dianthus

• 28473

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Desmophyllum striatum

• 28503

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Dichocoenia stellaris

• 113240

  Colony maximum diameter

  30 (cm)

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• 133662

  Genus fossil stage

  Cretaceous (cat)

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• 133667

  Genus fossil age

  54.8 (mya)

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• 133666

  Genus fossil stage

  Eocene (cat)

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• 28547

  IUCN Red List category

  DD (cat)

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• 28541

  Zooxanthellate

  zooxanthellate (cat)

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• 133663

  Genus fossil age

  144 (mya)

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• 133669

  Genus fossil age

  65.5 (mya)

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• 133664

  Genus fossil stage

  Turonian (cat)

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• 133665

  Genus fossil age

  93.5 (mya)

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• 133668

  Genus fossil age

  71.8 (mya)

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Dichocoenia stokesi

• 107951

  Coloniality

  colonial (cat)

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• 28591

  IUCN Red List category

  VU (cat)

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• 133673

  Genus fossil age

  93.5 (mya)

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• 114472

  Colony maximum diameter

  13.79 (cm)

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• 133675

  Genus fossil age

  54.8 (mya)

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• 133674

  Genus fossil stage

  Eocene (cat)

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• 28602

  Wave exposure preference

  broad (cat)

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