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

Lobophytum hsiehi

• 234008

  Type locality depth

  5.00 (m)

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• 234010

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 234289

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 234287

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 234011

  Marine province

  South China Sea (cat)

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• 234288

  Marine province

  South China Sea (cat)

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Lobophytum irregulare

• 232944

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 232945

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 232943

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Lobophytum jasparsi

• 231338

  4 trait measurements

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• 231339

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231340

  Marine province

  Western Coral Triangle (cat)

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• 231342

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 231344

  2 trait measurements

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Lobophytum latilobatum

• 234122

  Marine realm

  Western Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 234125

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 234123

  Marine province

  Western Indian Ocean (cat)

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Lobophytum legitimum

• 232947

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 253554

  4 trait measurements

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• 232949

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 232948

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Lobophytum lighti

• 249883

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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Lobophytum microlobulatum

• 232957

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 232955

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 206288

  Reproductive period

  November to December (month)

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