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

Heliopora coerulea

• 206035

  2 trait measurements

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• 207586

  3 trait measurements

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• 207587

  3 trait measurements

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• 249853

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 233914

  Marine province

  Sunda shelf (cat)

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• 233911

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 233912

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 233913

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 201046

  Mode of larval development

  brooder (cat)

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Heliopora hiberniana

• 245402

  4 trait measurements

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• 245404

  2 trait measurements

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Helioseris cucullata

• 41791

  IUCN Red List category

  LC (cat)

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• 41796

  Abundance world

  uncommon (cat)

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• 41802

  Wave exposure preference

  broad (cat)

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• 41803

  Water clarity preference

  clear (cat)

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• 41784

  Zooxanthellate

  zooxanthellate (cat)

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• 114450

  Colony maximum diameter

  24 (cm)

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Hemicorallium abyssale

• 209757

  2 trait measurements

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Hemicorallium aurantiacum

• 209758

  2 trait measurements

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• 247447

  2 trait measurements

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• 247445

  Polyp dimorphism

  1.00 (bin)

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• 247446

  Polyp retractability

  0.00 (bin)

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• 247440

  4 trait measurements

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• 247443

  2 trait measurements

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• 247441

  2 trait measurements

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