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 rubeola

• 230980

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 230981

  Marine province

  Western Coral Triangle (cat)

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• 230982

  Marine province

  Sahul Shelf (cat)

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• 230984

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 230979

  4 trait measurements

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• 231350

  4 trait measurements

  Show
• 230985

  2 trait measurements

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Melithaea sagamiensis

• 235543

  2 trait measurements

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Melithaea singularis

• 230961

  Marine province

  Agulhas (cat)

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• 230963

  Climate zone

  temperate (cat)

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• 230964

  2 trait measurements

  Show
• 230959

  4 trait measurements

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• 230960

  Marine realm

  Temperate Southern Africa (cat)

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Melithaea squamata

• 230953

  4 trait measurements

  Show
• 230958

  2 trait measurements

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• 230955

  Marine province

  Western Coral Triangle (cat)

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• 230957

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 230954

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Melithaea stiasnyi

• 231041

  Colony height

  4.00 (cm)

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• 231040

  5 trait measurements

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Melithaea tanseii

• 235574

  2 trait measurements

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Melithaea tokaraensis

• 235594

  Calyx height

  0.5 (mm)

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• 235595

  Calyx width

  1 (mm)

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Melithaea variabilis

• 230996

  Marine province

  Central Indian Ocean Islands (cat)

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• 230998

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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