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

Melithaea ouvea

• 233460

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Melithaea retifera

• 231365

  2 trait measurements

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• 231360

  Marine province

  Sunda Shelf (cat)

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• 246849

  Depth zone

  shallow (cat)

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• 246848

  Calyx width

  0.50 (mm)

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• 246847

  3 trait measurements

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• 246850

  3 trait measurements

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• 231364

  2 trait measurements

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• 231363

  2 trait measurements

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• 231362

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 231358

  4 trait measurements

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• 231359

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Melithaea robusta

• 231371

  2 trait measurements

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• 231373

  Depth upper

  8.00 (m)

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• 231367

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231366

  4 trait measurements

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• 231372

  2 trait measurements

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• 231370

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 231368

  Marine province

  Sunda Shelf (cat)

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Melithaea rubeola

• 231354

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 231352

  Marine province

  Sunda Shelf (cat)

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• 231357

  2 trait measurements

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• 231356

  2 trait measurements

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• 231355

  2 trait measurements

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• 231351

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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