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 venustum

• 231112

  Marine realm

  Western Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231117

  Type locality depth

  4.00 (m)

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• 231116

  2 trait measurements

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• 231115

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Lobophytum verum

• 232996

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 232997

  Marine province

  Tropical Southwestern Pacific (cat)

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• 232995

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Lochmaeotrochus gardineri

• 46515

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Lochmaeotrochus oculeus

• 46545

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Lophelia pertusa

• 46582

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Lytreia plana

• 234768

  Marine province

  Tropical Northwestern Atlantic (cat)

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• 234767

  Marine realm

  Tropical Atlantic (cat)

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• 234766

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 238422

  Type locality depth

  42 (fm)

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• 238414

  4 trait measurements

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• 238415

  2 trait measurements

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• 238417

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 238418

  Marine realm

  Tropical Atlantic (cat)

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• 238419

  Marine province

  Tropical Northwestern Atlantic (cat)

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Maasella edwardsii

• 238182

  Marine realm

  Temperate Northern Atlantic (cat)

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• 238183

  Marine province

  Mediterranean Sea (cat)

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• 238181

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

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Madracis asanoi

• 46630

  IUCN Red List category

  DD (cat)

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• 106664

  Substrate attachment

  attached (cat)

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• 135065

  Genus fossil stage

  Cretaceous Upper (cat)

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