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

Kophobelemnon stelliferum

• 239432

  Marine realm

  Temperate Northern Atlantic (cat)

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• 239438

  Marine province

  Lusitanian (cat)

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• 209131

  4 trait measurements

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Kotatea amicispongia

• 240895

  Polyp height

  1.00 (mm)

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• 240893

  Type locality depth

  140 (m)

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Kotatea aurantiaca

• 240904

  Type locality depth

  16.00 (m)

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• 240906

  Polyp height

  0.75 (mm)

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Kotatea kapotaiora

• 240915

  Type locality depth

  69 (m)

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• 240917

  Polyp height

  1.00 (mm)

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Kotatea kurakootingotingo

• 240920

  4 trait measurements

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• 240928

  Polyp height

  0.90 (mm)

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• 240926

  Type locality depth

  15.00 (m)

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Kotatea lobata

• 240940

  Polyp height

  0.75 (mm)

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• 240931

  4 trait measurements

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• 240938

  Type locality depth

  6.50 (m)

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Kotatea niwa

• 240943

  4 trait measurements

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• 240949

  Type locality depth

  18.50 (m)

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• 240951

  Polyp height

  0.63 (mm)

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Kotatea raekura

• 240962

  Polyp height

  0.75 (mm)

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• 240960

  Type locality depth

  15.00 (m)

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Kotatea teorowai

• 240971

  Type locality depth

  69 (m)

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Labyrinthocyathus delicatus

• 43373

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Labyrinthocyathus facetus

• 43401

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Labyrinthocyathus langae

• 43429

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Labyrinthocyathus limatulus

• 43457

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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