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

Leptogorgia waltonae

• 210092

  Type of skeleton

  Proteinaceous axis with hollow, cross-chambered central core containing non-scleritic carbonate hydroxylapatite (CHAp) (cat)

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• 247684

  2 trait measurements

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Leptopenus antarcticus

• 43994

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Leptopenus discus

• 44025

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Leptopenus hypocoelus

• 44056

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Leptopenus solidus

• 44085

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Leptophyton benayahui

• 231313

  Type of skeleton

  No axis, unconsolidated sclerites embedded in tissue (cat)

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• 231303

  Marine realm

  Temperate Southern Africa (cat)

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• 231304

  Marine province

  Agulhas (cat)

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• 231306

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

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• 231308

  2 trait measurements

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• 231309

  3 trait measurements

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• 231310

  2 trait measurements

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• 231302

  4 trait measurements

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Leptophyton fustis

• 236266

  3 trait measurements

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• 231314

  Type of skeleton

  No axis, unconsolidated sclerites embedded in tissue (cat)

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Leptopsammia britannica

• 44116

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Leptopsammia chevalieri

• 44145

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Leptopsammia columna

• 44174

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Leptopsammia crassa

• 44203

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Leptopsammia formosa

• 44234

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Leptopsammia poculum

• 44263

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Leptopsammia pruvoti

• 44298

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Leptopsammia queenslandiae

• 44331

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Leptopsammia stokesiana

• 44361

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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