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

Micromussa multipunctata

• 135298

  Genus fossil age

  159 (mya)

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• 113086

  Colony maximum diameter

  30 (cm)

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• 48879

  Wave exposure preference

  protected (cat)

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Microprimnoa diabathra

• 255258

  Coordination of polyps

  pairs (cat)

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Mirostenella articulata

• 247051

  2 trait measurements

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• 247050

  2 trait measurements

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• 250385

  4 trait measurements

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• 247053

  2 trait measurements

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• 250384

  2 trait measurements

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• 250387

  2 trait measurements

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• 247049

  4 trait measurements

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Monomyces pygmaea

• 48219

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Monomyces rubrum

• 48251

  Zooxanthellate

  azooxanthellate (cat)

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Montastraea cavernosa

• 135307

  Genus fossil stage

  Eocene middle (cat)

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• 108150

  Coloniality

  colonial (cat)

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• 48488

  Abundance world

  common (cat)

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• 135312

  Genus fossil age

  130 (mya)

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• 135311

  Genus fossil age

  121 (mya)

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• 135308

  Genus fossil age

  49 (mya)

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• 135306

  Genus fossil age

  159 (mya)

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• 135305

  Genus fossil stage

  Jurassic Upper (cat)

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• 135309

  Genus fossil stage

  Eocene (cat)

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• 135310

  Genus fossil age

  54.8 (mya)

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• 113288

  Colony maximum diameter

  200 (cm)

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• 48484

  IUCN Red List category

  LC (cat)

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