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

Ellisella nivea

• 245648

  4 trait measurements

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Ellisella nuctenea

• 233663

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 233664

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 233665

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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Ellisella paraplexauroides

• 207299

  2 trait measurements

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• 256947

  Colony height

  2 (m)

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Ellisella plexauroides

• 233669

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 233667

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 233668

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Ellisella rosea

• 245659

  2 trait measurements

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• 245660

  2 trait measurements

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• 245654

  Depth zone

  moderately deep (cat)

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Ellisella rossafila

• 233673

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 233672

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 233671

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Ellisella rubra

• 209116

  Marine realm

  Temperate Northern Pacific (cat)

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• 209117

  Marine province

  Warm Temperate Northwest Pacific (cat)

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Ellisella schmitti

• 208112

  Colony height

  1.50 (ft)

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• 208111

  2 trait measurements

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Enallopsammia profunda

• 30668

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Enallopsammia pusilla

• 30696

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Enallopsammia rostrata

• 30733

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Endocyathopora laticostata

• 30773

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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• 30764

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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• 30774

  Water clarity preference

  turbid (cat)

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