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

Endopachys bulbosa

• 30797

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Endopachys grayi

• 30827

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Endopsammia philippensis

• 30857

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Endopsammia pourtalesi

• 30887

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Endopsammia regularis

• 30917

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Enigmopora darveliensis

• 30949

  IUCN Red List category

  DD (cat)

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• 30953

  Wave exposure preference

  broad (cat)

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• 30951

  Abundance world

  uncommon (cat)

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• 30954

  Water clarity preference

  turbid (cat)

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• 114515

  Zooxanthellate

  zooxanthellate (cat)

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Epiphaxum breve

• 256488

  Type of skeleton

  Hard aragonite skeleton (cat)

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• 256487

  Main non-scleritic skeletal component

  aragonite (cat)

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Epiphaxum micropora

• 256512

  Main non-scleritic skeletal component

  aragonite (cat)

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• 256513

  Type of skeleton

  Hard aragonite skeleton (cat)

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Epiphaxum septifer

• 256500

  Type of skeleton

  Hard aragonite skeleton (cat)

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• 256499

  Main non-scleritic skeletal component

  aragonite (cat)

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Ericiocyathus echinatus

• 30977

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Erythrastrea flabellata

• 31025

  IUCN Red List category

  NT (cat)

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• 31035

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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• 31029

  Abundance world

  common (cat)

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• 31016

  Zooxanthellate

  zooxanthellate (cat)

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• 106530

  Substrate attachment

  attached (cat)

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• 31036

  Water clarity preference

  clear (cat)

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• 112987

  Colony maximum diameter

  100 (cm)

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• 107997

  Coloniality

  colonial (cat)

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