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

Hemicorallium aurantiacum

• 247445

  Polyp dimorphism

  1.00 (bin)

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Hemicorallium bathyrubrum

• 209759

  2 trait measurements

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Hemicorallium bayeri

• 209760

  2 trait measurements

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• 247361

  Polyp retractability

  0.00 (bin)

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• 247358

  2 trait measurements

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• 247359

  3 trait measurements

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• 247357

  2 trait measurements

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• 247360

  Polyp dimorphism

  1.00 (bin)

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• 247362

  2 trait measurements

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Hemicorallium boshuense

• 209761

  2 trait measurements

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Hemicorallium ducale

• 209762

  2 trait measurements

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• 209791

  Marine realm

  Eastern Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Hemicorallium guttatum

• 247461

  Polyp retractability

  0.00 (bin)

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• 247459

  3 trait measurements

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• 247458

  2 trait measurements

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• 247455

  4 trait measurements

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• 247456

  2 trait measurements

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• 209763

  2 trait measurements

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• 247460

  Polyp dimorphism

  1.00 (bin)

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Hemicorallium halmaheirense

• 247430

  2 trait measurements

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• 247431

  Polyp dimorphism

  1.00 (bin)

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• 247428

  2 trait measurements

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• 247432

  Polyp retractability

  0.00 (bin)

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• 209764

  2 trait measurements

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Hemicorallium imperiale

• 209765

  2 trait measurements

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