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

Heterogorgia hickmani

• 246623

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 246622

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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Heterogorgia papillosa

• 249125

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 249124

  4 trait measurements

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• 249126

  2 trait measurements

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Heterogorgia tortuosa

• 249143

  4 trait measurements

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• 249140

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 249141

  2 trait measurements

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• 249142

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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Heterogorgia uatumani

• 247300

  3 trait measurements

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• 247301

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 208131

  2 trait measurements

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• 208132

  Colony height

  0.75 (ft)

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• 249160

  3 trait measurements

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• 249158

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 249156

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 249157

  2 trait measurements

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Heterogorgia verrucosa

• 249178

  Polyp retractability

  1.00 (bin)

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• 249177

  2 trait measurements

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• 298740

  3 trait measurements

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• 249176

  2 trait measurements

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Heteropolypus ritteri

• 201066

  2 trait measurements

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• 244480

  2 trait measurements

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Heteropolypus sol

• 209232

  2 trait measurements

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Heteropsammia cochlea

• 134636

  Genus fossil age

  33.7 (mya)

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