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

Heterocyathus japonica

• 134620

  Genus fossil age

  5.3 (mya)

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• 134619

  Genus fossil stage

  Pliocene (cat)

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• 134615

  Genus fossil stage

  Pliocene (cat)

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• 134616

  Genus fossil age

  5.3 (mya)

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• 42078

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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• 134618

  Genus fossil age

  11.2 (mya)

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• 134617

  Genus fossil stage

  Miocene upper (cat)

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• 134621

  Genus fossil age

  11.2 (mya)

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Heterocyathus sulcatus

• 134628

  Genus fossil age

  5.3 (mya)

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• 134627

  Genus fossil stage

  Pliocene (cat)

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• 134629

  Genus fossil age

  11.2 (mya)

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• 42111

  IUCN Red List category

  LC (cat)

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• 42116

  Abundance world

  common (cat)

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• 42105

  Zooxanthellate

  both (cat)

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• 134624

  Genus fossil age

  5.3 (mya)

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• 134626

  Genus fossil age

  11.2 (mya)

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• 134625

  Genus fossil stage

  Miocene upper (cat)

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• 134623

  Genus fossil stage

  Pliocene (cat)

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Heterogorgia hickmani

• 246622

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 246623

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 246641

  4 trait measurements

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• 246620

  3 trait measurements

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• 246613

  Polyp retractability

  0.00 (bin)

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• 246621

  Calyx width

  2.00 (mm)

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• 249111

  2 trait measurements

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